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Research highlights importance of forgotten organ in ensuring healthy preg
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 28 (ANI): An international research team led by the University of British Columbia (UBC) has uncovered for the first time the importance of a small gland tucked behind the sternum that works to prevent miscarriage and diabetes in pregnant women.
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Peanut treatment lowers risk of severe allergic reactions in preschoolers
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 4 (ANI): A new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and BC Children's Hospital gives hope to parents and kids who face real danger from exposure to peanuts.
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Study focuses on new treatment possibilities for young women diagnosed wit
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 30 (ANI): A new treatment possibility for people diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of ovarian cancer has been found by a team of researchers at the BC Cancer Research Institute and the University of British Columbia (UBC).
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New treatment possibilities for young women diagnosed with rare form of ov
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], August 27 (ANI): A recent finding by researchers at the BC Cancer Research Institute and the University of British Columbia (UBC) may offer a new treatment possibility for people diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of ovarian cancer.
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Older adults coped with COVID-19 pandemic best, UBC study reveals
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Vancouver [Canada], July 23 (ANI): Older adults who are aged 60 and above, have better emotional wellbeing, and felt less stressed and threatened by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, according to a new UBC (The University of British Columbia) research.
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University student discovers 17 new planets, including potentially habitab
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 29 (ANI): University of British Columbia (UBC) astronomy student Michelle Kunimoto has discovered 17 new planets, including a potentially habitable, Earth-sized world, by combing through data gathered by NASA's Kepler mission.
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Scent of romantic partner can improve sleep!
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 13 (ANI): According to new psychology research from the University of British Columbia, the participants who were exposed to their partner's scent overnight experienced better sleep quality, even though their partner was not physically present.
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Quality of sleep associated with better health in teens not quantity
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jun 4 (ANI): Researchers at the University of British Columbia have claimed that quality of sleep, and not quantity, is related to better health in teens.
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Check out for a new aspect of 'mind wandering'
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov. 2 (ANI): Giving a new aspect to what psychology traditionally call "mind-wandering," a review of brain imaging studies led by researchers at UC Berkeley and the University of British Columbia has offered a new way of looking at spontaneous versus control
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50 percent of smokers do not always focus on tobacco cessation: Study
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
WashingtonD.C. [US], Oct. 26 (ANI): A recent research conducted at the University of British Columbia has found that half of the statements made by smokers during counseling sessions that are designed to help them stop, have nothing to do with quitting.
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