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Stroke may be triggered by anger, emotional upset, heavy physical exertion
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Dublin [Ireland], December 3 (ANI): A global study co-led by NUI Galway into causes of stroke has found that one in 11 survivors experienced a period of anger or upset in the one hour leading up to it.
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COVID-19 Delta variant may have increased ability to evade vaccine-induced
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 3 (ANI): Vaccines are effective in decreasing hospitalization and deaths from COVID-19 infection but the emergence of viral variants of concern may diminish their efficacy, according to a recent study.
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Study suggests more physical activity will be better for cardiovascular di
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 3 (ANI): Moderate to vigorous physical activity is associated with risk reductions of non-communicable diseases and mortality, according to a recent study.
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Study shows college students in declining mental, physical health one year
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 2 (ANI): Following research about college students from before COVID-19 with a survey at the pandemic's Year I mark, an international team of scientists detected no improvement in the students' mental well-being even after the introduction of vaccines and the easing
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Study suggests reduced meat diet has several advantages
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 2 (ANI): Globally, food is responsible for a quarter of human greenhouse gas emissions. A large part of this is due to livestock farming. Animals convert only a small portion of the fed calories into the meat. Ruminants also produce methane, which further accelerate
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Study discovers new way of identifying early risk of cardiovascular diseas
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], December 2 (ANI): A large study by scientists at Karolinska Institutet has found that two proteins that transport cholesterol particles in the blood provide early and reliable risk information.
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Study provides model for treating HIV/AIDS, depression
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 2 (ANI): For people with HIV who are also struggling with depression, remaining healthy is often an insurmountable challenge, especially in South Africa, home to the highest number of cases in the world and a significant shortage of mental health professionals.
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Parental stress is contributing factor linking maternal depression to chil
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 2 (ANI): A new study has found a bi-directional relationship where a mother's mental health symptoms impacted the child's mental health symptoms and vice versa.
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Dementia creates listening issues in quiet, noisy environments
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 2 (ANI): Listening to the spoken word in noisy environments is challenging for everyone. Acoustic studies show people with mild dementia struggle to understand speech in both noisy and quiet environments, highlighting the need for everyone to communicate clearly.
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Viral evolution in animals could reveal future of COVID-19: Study
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 2 (ANI): When animals catch COVID-19 from humans, new SARS-CoV-2 variants can arise. To evaluate this phenomenon, an interdisciplinary team at the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences systematically analysed mutation types occurring in the virus af
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Drug compound makes pancreatic cancer cells more vulnerable to chemo
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 2 (ANI): Pancreatic cancer is extremely difficult to treat. By the time it is detected, cancer often has reached an advanced stage, and patients usually do not survive longer than one year after diagnosis. An aggressive chemotherapy regimen is a first-line treatment
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Researchers identify key RNA 'gatekeeper' in gene expression, suggesting p
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 1 (ANI): According to a new study by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), an important player in the healthy development of female embryos turns out also to play a key role in regulating the behaviour of chromosome loops and gene expression in both s
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