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Study suggests higher red cell transfusion threshold offers no advantage f
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 31 (ANI): Very low birth weight infants often need blood transfusions to survive. A National Institutes of Health-funded study suggests that providing a higher threshold of red cells within accepted limits offers no advantage in survival or reduction in neurological
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Obesity and depression feed off each other
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI/Mediawire): Depression and weight problems often go hand in hand - it's a vicious cycle you need to know about!
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Covid-19 times may usher in new opportunities for banking sector: RBI
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 29 (ANI): The gross non-performing assets (GNPAs) ratio of scheduled commercial banks declined from 9.1 per cent at end-March 2019 to 8.2 per cent at end-March 2020 and further to 7.5 per cent at end-September, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Tuesday
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UK military receives 30 'nano' drones with spying range of 1.2 miles
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The army of the United Kingdom has purchased 30 "nano 'Bug' drones," which weigh 196 grams (6.9 ounces) and can spy with a range of up to 2 kilometers (1.2 miles), the UK weapons manufacturer BAE Systems said on Monday.
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Telangana: Police apprehends house burglar, 3 associates; seize goods wort
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 26 (ANI): Teams of Commissioner's Task Force, North Zone, Hyderabad, and Begumpet police apprehended a house burglar and his three associates on Friday and seized goods worth Rs 12,09,000 and silver ornaments weighing 1 kilogram among other things.
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Infertility? Take the Weight off your Chest
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 24 (ANI/Mediawire): An everyday instrument may help steer many couples struggling with infertility in the right direction, rather than any popular advice - the weighing scale! That is correct. Obesity could be the real reason for many couple's infertility problems
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Why People With Obesity Are More Prone To COVID 19 Like Infections: Treat
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], December 24 (ANI/Mediawire): People with obesity who contract COVID-19 are 48% more likely to die, 74% more likely to be needing an ICU, and 113% more likely to be admitted to a hospital than the people with normal weight. These startling statistics were
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Northeast gets first human milk bank, 15th in India
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Guwahati (Assam) [India], December 24 (ANI): Aiming at providing breast milk for premature, low birth-weight, and sick newborns, besides other needy babies, the first human milk bank in the Northeast has been set up in Guwahati's Satribari Christian Hospital.
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New drug combination could improve glucose, weight control in diabetes
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Washington [US], December 23 (ANI): Scientists have shown that adding an experimental cancer drug to a widely used diabetes treatment improves blood glucose control and weight loss in mice, according to a study.
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Do you know - Excess weight can increase the risk of Cancer?
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI/Mediawire): The death trap Obesity is responsible for 20 per cent of cancer deaths in women and 14 per cent in men. The death rate increases 10 per cent for every 5 unit increase in BMI (Body Mass Index). 40 per cent of the cancers diagnosed since 2014 ar
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IT, pharma stocks lift market sentiment, HCL Tech top gainer
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 22 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices closed nearly 1 per cent higher on Tuesday in an extremely volatile session as investors weighed the impact of a new strain of Covid-19 on global economic recovery.
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Study reveals how exercise might help in protecting bone health after weig
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington (US), December 20 (ANI): A recent study has revealed the detrimental effect that weight loss surgery has on bone health and how exercise might be helpful in addressing this issue.
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