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Late-childhood obesity associated with low-quality maternal diet during pr
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 22 (ANI): The findings of a recent study suggest that an increased risk of obesity and excess body fat in children, especially during late-childhood can be associated with a low-quality diet during their mother's pregnancy, which is high in foods and food components
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Scientists discover prototype test to help in fighting deadly melanoma
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 21 (ANI): A team of scientists from Australia published a study in the journal Clinical Cancer Research that shows their new discovery of a prototype test that can help identify if patients with deadly metastasised melanoma are likely to benefit from immunotherapy.
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Daily commuters are inhaling unacceptably high levels of carcinogens, reve
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 21 (ANI): A study published in the journal, Environment International uncovered that normal suburbanites in California are possibly breathing in synthetic compounds at levels that increase the danger of birth imperfections and even cancer.
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Study shows COVID-19 patients have higher risk of cardiac damage
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 21 (ANI): A recent study revealed that approximately 50 per cent of patients, who are hospitalized due to severe COVID-19 symptoms, show raised levels of a protein called troponin that causes damage to their hearts.
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Contact between people in England reduced due to local, national restricti
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], February 21 (ANI): The findings of a recent study suggest that contact between people was gradually reduced during the summer and autumn of 2020 due to the imposition of various local and national restrictions in England.
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Psychosocial factors may drive dropout of peritoneal dialysis patients, re
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 21 (ANI): Contrary to earlier research, most patients who generally drop out of peritoneal dialysis do so due to psychosocial reasons, according to the findings of a recent study.
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US survey sheds light on increasing depression, anxiety and loneliness in
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Boston (Massachusetts) [US], February 21 (ANI): A recent survey on college students sheds light on the surge in prevalence of depression and anxiety in young people, and now reaching its highest levels.
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Study reveals factors linked with elevated risk of bone fracture
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 21 (ANI): Various factors that may indicate whether a person faces a higher likelihood of experiencing a bone fracture over the next two decades have been highlighted in a new study.
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Study finds potential mechanism underlying loss of muscle mass during meno
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], February 21 (ANI): Estrogen deficiency alters the microRNA signalling in skeletal muscle, which may activate signalling cascades leading to loss of muscle mass, suggest the findings of a study conducted in collaboration between the universities of Minnesota (USA) and Jyva
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Scientists find gut microbiome implicated in healthy aging, longevity
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 21 (ANI). A team of researchers and their collaborators have identified distinct signatures in the gut microbiome that are associated with either healthy or unhealthy aging trajectories, which in turn predict survival in a population of older individuals.
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New method of analysing mass data generated from firing neurons: Study
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 21 (ANI): New research from the University of Sussex and Kyoto University outlines a new method capable of analysing the masses of data generated by thousands of individual neurons.
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Study says LGB people more prone to alcohol misuse, mental health disorder
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington (US), February 20 (ANI): A research led by UCL researchers in collaboration with the University of East Anglia and City, University of London found that Lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB*) people are significantly more prone to mental health disorders and report alcohol and drug misu
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