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Study: Wearable activity trackers encourage people to exercise more and lo
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Adelaide [Australia], July 21 (ANI): Millions of people worldwide believe that fitness trackers, pedometers and smart watches motivate them to exercise more and lose weight, according to a new study by Australian researchers.
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Do you know woodpeckers' heads act more like stiff hammers than safety hel
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 21 (ANI): For years, researchers have questioned how woodpeckers can repeatedly strike tree trunks with their beaks without suffering brain damage. This gave rise to the hypothesis that their skulls must serve as shock-absorbing helmets. Researchers dispute this idea, c
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Edvoy provides free online IELTS classes for all international students
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 21 (ANI/PRNewswire): Edvoy, a tech platform that supports and enables international study abroad, is providing free online IELTS classes, in partnership with New College Group (NCG).
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Benefits of physical, mental activity on thinking differ in men and women?
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Minneapolis [US], July 21 (ANI): Studies have demonstrated that engaging in both physical and mental activities can prevent dementia and maintain cognitive function. According to a recent study, these advantages can differ for men and women. The research has been published online in the medi
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Use of anti-inflammatory drug in treating patients with severe COVID-19
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Houston [US], July 21 (ANI): According to a new study from UTHealth Houston and other institutions, an anti-inflammatory drug may have the ability to treat systemic inflammation and brain damage in patients with severe COVID-19 and greatly lower their risk of dying.
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Study reveals the reasons why many IVF embryos fail to develop
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], July 21 (ANI): A fertilised egg does not ensure successful reproduction in humans. Within days following fertilisation, the majority of embryos stop growing and die, typically due to an abnormally high number of chromosomes. The majority of these faults, according to new resea
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Study: High blood pressure may double risk of severe COVID, despite full v
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Dallas [US], July 21 (ANI): According to a new analysis of adults hospitalised with COVID-19 in Los Angeles between December 2021 and April 2022, high blood pressure more than doubled a person's risk for hospitalisation from an Omicron-variant COVID-19 infection - even in the presence of ful
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Study finds breast cancer recurrence not caused by hormone replacement tre
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 20 (ANI): Despite concerns from some academics and doctors, a recent study at Oxford University reveals no link between menopausal hormone treatment for breast cancer survivors and breast cancer recurrence.
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Research provides hope to endangered species
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Cambridge [England], July 20 (ANI): Findings from a recent study looking at how neophobia, or the fear of new things, affects birds may be crucial in saving critically endangered species.
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Research reveals healthy living can balance high genetic risk for stroke
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 20 (ANI): A new study revealed that a good cardiovascular lifestyle can reduce the risk of stroke by up to 43% in people who are genetically predisposed to it.
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Research reveals genes from microbes crucial for insect evolution
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 20 (ANI): Through horizontal gene transfer, microorganisms and plants may have provided insects an evolutionary advantage hundreds of millions of years ago. More than 1,400 genes from 218 different insect species, including butterflies and moths, are reported to have co
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Study discovers brain evolution of lungfishes
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Adelaide [Australia], July 20 (ANI): With the help of research on ancient lungfish fossils, which filled in a gap in the history of land-living, four-legged creatures on earth, the evolution of the brain and nervous system in animals has been rewinded by more than 400 million years.
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