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Are you messing with your body clock?
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Researchers are employing mathematical models to better understand the effects of interruptions to the body's circadian rhythms such as daylight savings time, working night shifts, jet lag, or even late-night phone scrolling. The University of Waterloo and the University of Oxford researche
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Medications of chronic diseases can affect body's temperature: Study
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A study has found that medications that are used to treat various chronic diseases may hinder the body’s ability to lose heat and regulate its core temperature to optimal levels.
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Assam Police starts Body Mass Index assessment for its personnel
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The Body Mass Index (BMI) recording of all Assam Police personnel started on Wednesday across the state. The recording of BMI has been carried out at 36 locations in the state for all serving police personnel, said officials.
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Study links common cold virus to potentially fatal blood clotting disorder
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Thrombocytes, another name for platelets, are specialised cellular fragments that form blood clots in the event of a scrape or traumatic injury. Thrombocytopenia, is a condition recognised as decreased platelet levels throughout the body as a result of viral infections, autoimmune disease
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New blood pressure related technique predicts health outcomes in patients:
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Critically ill patients who are in circulatory shock, which happens when the heart is unable to pump enough blood and oxygen to the rest of the body, frequently as a result of heart failure, sepsis, or haemorrhage, require close monitoring and treatment, especially to maintain adequate blood
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Punjab man kills her daughter, ties body to bike, drags it on road
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Avtar Singh, SHO, Tarsikka said, "Yesterday we received information that a Nihang Sikh from Muchhal village killed his daughter with a sword, tied her body to his motorcycle and dragged the body and left it at a railway crossing. We've arrested the accused. During the probe, we found that th
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Common cold virus linked to potentially lethal blood clotting disorder: St
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Platelets, also known as thrombocytes, are specialised cellular fragments that produce blood clots in the event of a scrape or traumatic injury. Platelet levels may decrease throughout the body as a result of viral infections, autoimmune disease, and other disorders, a condition known as thr
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Study reveals new blood pressure related method that predict health outcom
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Critically ill patients in circulatory shock, which occurs when the heart is unable to pump enough blood and oxygen to the rest of the body, often as a result of heart failure, sepsis, or haemorrhage, require close monitoring and treatment, particularly to maintain adequate blood pressure to
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Mumbai: Decomposed body of 78-year-old woman recovered from Borivali flat,
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai Police said, "Decomposed body of a 78-year-old elderly woman, identified as Sulochana Bhaskar Shetty, has been found inside a flat in Rajendra Nagar, Borivali area of Mumbai. The body has been sent for postmortem. Kasturba police have registered a case under ADR. Further investigation
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Israeli study on tanning may open path to preventing skin cancer
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The study found that the body’s initial response to sun exposure is to prioritize repairing DNA damage in the skin cells, which inhibits the mechanism responsible for skin pigmentation, commonly known as tanning.
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Mumbai: Body of man who jumped from Bandra-Worli sea link recovered
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The body of a man who jumped into the sea from the Bandra-Worli Sea Link in Mumbai has been recovered at Dadar Chowpatty, according to the Mumbai police.
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Kerala: Abducted five-year-old girl killed in Aluva, one held
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
"We have found a dead body at a stranded place in Aluva market. And we have matched the body to the missing child. An inquest has been finished. The child's body was taken to Kalamassery medical college for post-mortem. Further investigations are underway," said police.
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