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Group workouts, a key to follow fitness goals
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Jan. 30 (ANI) People are more likely to stick to their fitness goals if they workout in groups, according to a study published in the International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care.
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Adolescent drinking can cause liver problems later in life
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 22 (ANI): People who begin drinking early in life run the risk of developing liver problems in adulthood, according to a study.
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Six unlikely signs of lung cancer revealed
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], January 12 (ANI): According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 7.6 million deaths globally each year are caused by cancer and data shows that lung cancer is by far the number one cancer killer.
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B’desh provides free diptheria vaccines to Rohingya children
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Cox's Bazar [Bangladesh], December 12 (ANI): The Government of Bangladesh, in support of United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO) and Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) launched a vaccination campaign against diphtheria and other preve
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Greater Mekong Subregion pledges to fight malaria together
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Nay Pyi Taw [Myanmar], December 8 (ANI): Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries on Friday pledged for acclerated action to eliminate malaria by 2030 in the region.
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Improve heart health, this World Heart Day
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 28 (ANI): As per the statistics shared by World Health Organization, every year 17.5 million people suffer from cardiac ailments namely coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, cardiac arrest, congestive heart failure, arrhythmia and stroke amongst others.
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Poultry waste spreading multi-drug resistant bacteria: CSE
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 1 (ANI): Poultry farms are reservoirs of multi-drug resistant bacteria and play a major role in their spread, according to a recent study.
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World Breastfeeding Week: Sustaining breastfeeding together!
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 01 (ANI): World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes breast milk as the best nutritional food source for infants, which should be available to babies deprived of their mother's milk.
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Australia to help Sri Lanka in combating dengue outbreak
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 20 (ANI): Australia will help Sri Lanka in combating a severe dengue outbreak in the country by providing a life-saving support through the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Cholera kills over 1000 Yemenis in last two months
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Sanaa [Yemen], June 20 (ANI): A cholera epidemic has claimed over a thousand lives in Yemen since late April, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
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A 'game changer' test for antibiotic drug resistance
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 2 (ANI): When a patient is prescribed the wrong antibiotic to treat a bacterial infection, it's not necessarily the physician who is at fault. The current antibiotic assay, standardised in 1961 by the World Health Organization and used worldwide, is potentiall
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Say no to tobacco: Protect health, reduce poverty, promote development
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): According to the World Health Organization (WHO), tobacco kills more than seven million people each year. Over six million deaths are a result of direct consumption, whereas 890 000 are the result of passive smoking. Nearly 100 million premature deaths have
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