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Microparticles might help in prevention of vitamin A deficiency: Study
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Vitamin A deficiency is the largest cause of blindness in the world, and it can be lethal in severe cases. This vitamin deficiency affects almost one-third of the world's preschool-aged children and is especially widespread in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
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Pancreatic cancer patients can increase survival rates by opting for chemo
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
A randomised clinical trial has found that treating pancreatic cancer patients with chemotherapy before surgery significantly improved 1-year survival rates compared to immediate surgery.
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Study suggests obese patients get ineffective weight loss advice from doct
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
A new research study has found that when doctors tell patients living with obesity to lose weight the guidance they give is generally vague, superficial, and commonly not supported by scientific evidence.
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Study finds specific bacteria in bladder that makes women more prone to
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Scientists have discovered certain bacteria in the bladder that may identify which postmenopausal women are more prone to recurring urinary tract infections (UTIs), and they discovered that oestrogen may contribute to lowering that vulnerability.
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Study finds using digital devices as calming strategy linked to worse chil
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Giving a cranky preschooler a digital device can often appear to be a quick remedy. However, recent research suggested that this relaxing technique may be connected to later, worsening behaviour issues.
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Study establishes link between heart condition and Covid
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Researchers at Cedars-Smidt Sinai's Cardiac Institute confirmed the link between a debilitating heart condition and Covid-19, as well as a new link between the same condition and the Covid-19 vaccine.
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Study discovers secrets of a good night's sleep
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba have discovered a signalling pathway within brain cells that controls the length and depth of sleep in a new study.
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Hearts and bodies change with age, heart disease treatments may need to ch
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
For people ages 75 and older, age-related changes in general health and in the heart and blood vessels require consideration and likely modifications in how heart attacks and heart disease are treated, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement published in the Associ
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Study reveals which animals we classify as 'friends' or 'food'
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The findings of a new study have cast more light on the species of nonhuman animals that we see as 'friends,' 'food,' and those 'worth fighting for.'
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Study suggests novel drug might be able to treat multiple myeloma
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Modakafusp alfa, a first-of-its-kind drug has shown early potential in combating multiple myeloma, a form of bone marrow cancer.
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Defense against infections is improved by epigenetic emergency switch: Stu
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The hematopoietic system switches from normal to emergency mode during infections and this improves the defense against pathogens.
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Study reveals new ways microbes might help humans build colonies on Moon,
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Researchers have come up with fresh ideas for how microbes might assist humans in establishing colonies on the moon and Mars in response to the biochemical process by which cyanobacteria in Chile's Atacama Desert obtain nutrients from rocks.
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