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Researchers discover new way to test autism in children
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Researchers at UC San Francisco may have found a novel method for diagnosing autism by observing the movements of children's eyes when they turn their heads.
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Study finds body temperature is linked to depression
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
A study from UC San Francisco revealed that individuals with depression may benefit from lowering their body temperatures, as they tend to be higher.
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Research reveals body temperature is linked to depression
Updated : 7 months, 4 weeks ago IST
People with depression have higher body temperatures, which suggests that reducing their temperatures may have a mental health advantage, according to a new UC San Francisco research.
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Study finds paxlovid treatment does not lower risk of long Covid
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Paxlovid (Nirmatrelvir-ritonavir) did not decrease the chance of developing long COVID in vaccinated, non-hospitalized patients during their initial COVID-19 infection, according to a team of UC San Francisco researchers. They also discovered a larger number of people with acute symptoms reb
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Our sense of taste helps us pace our eating: Study
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
It has been generally held that when you eagerly dig into a long-awaited dinner, signals from your stomach to your brain keep you from eating so much you'll regret it. A team of scientists at UC San Francisco recently decided to test the theory and the picture, it turns out, is a little diff
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Sudden death is 16 times more common in homeless population: Study
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Homeless people have a 16-fold higher chance of dying suddenly from heart attacks and other causes, per a UC San Francisco study.
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Study reveals homeless people are 16 times more likely to die suddenly
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
According to a study led by UC San Francisco, those who are homeless have a 16-fold increased risk of sudden death from heart attacks and other reasons.
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Study suggests new approach to treating kidney failure
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Scientists at UC San Francisco are developing a new strategy to treating kidney failure that could one day eliminate the need for dialysis or the use of harsh medicines to suppress the immune system following a transplant.
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Researchers reveal how living alone can put people with cognitive decline
Updated : 7 months, 4 weeks ago IST
According to a study led by UC San Francisco and published in JAMA Network Open on August 18, 2023, patients living alone with cognitive decline, whose numbers are expected to rise as the population ages, are not effectively served by the American health system.
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People who live alone are at danger of cognitive decline: Study
Updated : 7 months, 4 weeks ago IST
One in every four older Americans with dementia or mild cognitive impairment lives alone, placing them at risk of dangerous driving, wandering outside the home, mixing up medications, and missing medical appointments. Researchers led by UC San Francisco determined in a study published in JA
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Gene mutation could explain why some don’t get sick from covid-19: Study
Updated : 7 months, 4 weeks ago IST
People who get COVID-19 but never develop symptoms, known as super dodgers, may have a hereditary advantage. According to a new study headed by UC San Francisco researchers, they are more than twice as likely as individuals who become symptomatic to contain a specific gene variation that aid
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Study reveals how odor molecule activates human odorant receptor
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Scientists at UC San Francisco (UCSF) have created the first molecular-level, 3D picture of how an odour molecule activates a human odorant receptor, breaking a long-standing impasse in our understanding of olfaction.
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