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Stem cells can help identify neuronal defects, suggests Study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 25 (ANI): According to a recent study, the researchers used stem cells derived from patients with Angelman syndrome to identify the underlying cellular defects that cause the rare neurogenetic disorder.
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Ahmedabad surgeon performs India's 1st robotic surgery
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Guajarat) [India], Apr 24 (ANI): A unique robotic surgical procedure, said to be the first of its kind performed in India and third in the world, was recently performed by a doctor at Sterling Hospitals on a 37-year old patient to relieve him of acute pain caused by a rare conditi
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An avocado a day can keep metabolic syndrome at bay
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 11 (ANI): After slicing into an avocado, you may want to rethink before tossing away its peel and the solid seed as a recent study has found that the fruit and its parts may help in combating metabolic syndrome.
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Soon, a blood test to detect shaken baby syndrome
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 11 (ANI): A team of scientists has come up with a new medical test that may help identify infants who may have had bleeding of the brain as a result of abusive head trauma, sometimes referred to as shaken baby syndrome.
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World Health Day: Broken heart syndrome? Depression increases risk of hear
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Apr. 7 (ANI): While a lot has been spoken and written about depression and its impact on mental health, the repercussions of chronic depression on the human body and physical health are often overlooked.
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Gene that causes rare disorder Opitz C syndrome identified
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 13 (ANI): A team of researchers has identified the gene that causes Opitz C syndrome in the only patient diagnosed with this ultra-rare disorder in Catalonia.
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Organ-on-a-chip model offers clues to rare ageing condition
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 5 (ANI): Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) is an extremely rare genetic condition that causes premature and accelerated aging and now, a team of researchers has built a new model that offers insights into it.
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SC refuses woman's plea seeking to abort her 26-week old foetus
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 28 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a woman's plea to abort her 26-week old foetus, suffering from 'down syndrome'.
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New research indicates regular fresh pear consumption may improve blood pr
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 23 (ANI-NewsVoir): An abstract of an ongoing study, "Fresh pear (Pyruscommunis) consumption may improve blood pressure in middle-aged men and women with metabolic syndrome," presented at Experimental Biology in San Diego indicates regular fresh pear consumpti
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Can marijuana laced chewing gum treat irritable bowel syndrome?
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washinton D.C. [USA], Jan. 23 (ANI): A study suggests that a chewing gum laced in cannabis can cure irritable bowel syndrome, reducing painful stomach cramps, control bloating and normalise stool.
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Vitamin D improves gut flora, metabolic syndrome
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 23 (ANI): Extra Vitamin D can restore good bacteria in the gut, according to a study on mice, giving hope in the fight against risk factors for diabetes and heart disease.
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15 percent of people with HIV remain unaware
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C [US], Dec.12 (ANI): In a recent study published in Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, researchers have estimated that some 15 percent of people living with HIV remain unaware of their infection.
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