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Drinking Soft Drinks May Lower Colon Cancer Recurrence

Drinking Soft Drinks May Lower Colon Cancer Recurrence

Drinking artificially-sweetened beverages may lower the risk of colon cancer recurrence and related death, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal PLOS ONE ....

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Eating High Fruits and Vegetables May Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer

Eating High Fruits and Vegetables May Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer

A high amount of fruits and vegetable consumption may lower the risk of breast cancer especially of aggressive tumors, in women than those who eat less fruits and vegetables, reports a new study. They found that cruciferous vegetables and yellow and ...

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Brain Reactions to Food may be Associated With Overeating

Brain Reactions to Food may be Associated With Overeating

Brain responds to food rewards leaving some people more vulnerable to overeating, found new study. In a study with children, researchers found that when certain regions of the brain reacted more strongly to being rewarded with food than ...

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Caffeine: Not the Holy Grail of Weight Loss

Caffeine: Not the Holy Grail of Weight Loss

People who drank coffee first thing consumed 10 percent less at a breakfast buffet but ate more later, revealed study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. ...

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ADHD Drugs May Not Enhance Cognition in Healthy Students

ADHD Drugs May Not Enhance Cognition in Healthy Students

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications may not improve cognition in healthy students, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal Pharmacy ....

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Chlorhexidine may not Prevent Infections from Oral Procedures

Chlorhexidine may not Prevent Infections from Oral Procedures

Chlorhexidine may not prevent infections in oral procedures but is recommendable due to its low cost and absence of adverse reactions and complications, a research team at the University of The Basque Country finds....

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Original Versus Generic Medicines for Chronic Hepatitis C

Original Versus Generic Medicines for Chronic Hepatitis C

Original chronic hepatitis C medicines may work better than generic drugs, a recent study that evaluates the efficacy of original and generic direct acting antiviral medications in patients with chronic hepatitis C in Latvia finds....

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Award to Examine Repetitive Head Injuries among Football Players

Award to Examine Repetitive Head Injuries among Football Players

A $793,000 K23 Award to examine repetitive head injuries among the National Football League players over a period of five years has been offered to Michael Alosco, PhD, assistant professor of neurology at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM)....

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Aggressive Immune Cells Linked to Parkinson's Disease

Aggressive Immune Cells Linked to Parkinson's Disease

A team of researchers has come across a possible cause of the Parkinson's disease in the patient's immune system, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal Cell Stem Cell ....

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New Methods to Quantify Golfers' Yips and Identify Neurological Cause

New Methods to Quantify Golfers' Yips and Identify Neurological Cause

New methods to quantify golfers' yips, developed by a research team at Mayo Clinic, may help identify better treatment options for the condition....

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Sports Injuries in High School Kids can be Brought Down by Training With Athletic Trainers

Sports Injuries in High School Kids can be Brought Down by Training With Athletic Trainers

How is having a professional Athletic Trainer beneficial for high school children? Repeated injuries while playing football or basketball can be prevented by having an professional Athletic Trainer , finds a new study. The findings of this ...

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Thymus Cells Play Key Role in Preventing Autoimmunity

Thymus Cells Play Key Role in Preventing Autoimmunity

Fully formed gut and skin cells in the thymus are found to be responsible for training the T cells of the immune system not to attack the body's own tissues. Thymus is a lemon-sized organ located in front of the heart. The finding, based on ...

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New Compound Protects Against Neurodegeneration

New Compound Protects Against Neurodegeneration

In nematode worms the new compound that protects against neurodegeneration has been identified by University of Liverpool researchers. The finding enables novel treatments for human neurodegenerative diseases to be developed in the future. ...

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Imaging Tests for Epileptic Seizures

Imaging Tests for Epileptic Seizures

Acute head trauma, prolonged alteration of consciousness, and a focal neurological examination at presentation were linked to a higher yield of emergency department (ED) neuroimaging in patients with seizures. Such imaging in adults ...

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Indians Sleep Better with Salary Hike

Indians Sleep Better with Salary Hike

A survey conducted across Delhi, Bengaluru, and Mumbai indicates that there is a direct correlation between productivity and sleep....

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Delhi Health Minister Announces Strict Preventive Measures Against Vector-Borne Diseases

Delhi Health Minister Announces Strict Preventive Measures Against Vector-Borne Diseases

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain announces strict measures to combat vector-borne diseases....

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Lifestyle News »

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Smartphone App May Reduce Suicidal Thoughts in Teens

Smartphone App May Reduce Suicidal Thoughts in Teens

Smartphone app (BRITE) can help adolescents cope with recurring thoughts of suicide after leaving the hospital, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the American Journal of Psychiatry ....

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Mental Health News »

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Exposure to Mobile Phone Radiation May Impact Memory Performance in Teens

Exposure to Mobile Phone Radiation May Impact Memory Performance in Teens

Mobile phone radiation may reduce memory performance in adolescents, reports a new study....

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News on IT in Healthcare »

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New AI Technology Could Help Protect Water Supplies

New AI Technology Could Help Protect Water Supplies

University of Waterloo researchers have developed an operational artificial intelligence (AI) system that uses software in combination with a microscope to inexpensively and automatically analyze water samples for algae cells in about one to two ...

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Cholesterol News »

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Good Cholesterol may Increase Heart Disease Risk in Postmenopausal Women

Good Cholesterol may Increase Heart Disease Risk in Postmenopausal Women

University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health researchers have found that postmenopausal factors may have an impact on the heart-protective qualities of high-density...

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Hospital News »

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Surgery News: Vaginal Mesh Surgical Repair Only Recommended for Specific Patients

Surgery News: Vaginal Mesh Surgical Repair Only Recommended for Specific Patients

Vaginal mesh surgery can be opted for only specific cases provided the risk of surgical complications are carefully weighed against the risk of repeat surgery for recurrent Read More ...

Child Health News »

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Broken Needle Struck in Baby's Thigh During Vaccination

Broken Needle Struck in Baby's Thigh During Vaccination

A couple from Mumbai instead of celebrating the arrival of their newborn has suffered a nightmare incident. A two-cm needle was left in their newborn baby’s thigh during vaccination by a private nursing home at Mumbai. This left the baby in pain ...

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Diabetes During Pregnancy May Up Heart Disease Risk in Babies

Diabetes During Pregnancy May Up Heart Disease Risk in Babies

Diabetes during pregnancy may increase the risk of blood vessel dysfunction and heart disease in babies by altering a smooth muscle protein called transgelin, responsible for blood vessel network formation, reports a new study. Early detection of ...

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Environmental Health »

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Control of Rift Valley Fever Requires Long-term Effort

Control of Rift Valley Fever Requires Long-term Effort

Controlling the breeding grounds of mosquitoes is key in the control of Rift Valley fever, research at the University of Surrey finds....

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Heart Disease News »

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Sudden Drop in Temperature May Up Stroke Mortality

Sudden Drop in Temperature May Up Stroke Mortality

Sudden cold weather or drop in temperature may increase the number of deaths from stroke, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the International Journal of Biometeorology ....

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Senior Health News »

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General Anesthesia: When Given to People Over the Age of 70 can Cause Memory Problems

General Anesthesia: When Given to People Over the Age of 70 can Cause Memory Problems

After the age of seventy, General anesthesia can have a negative impact on memory, finds a new study. It can lead to a subtle decline in memory and thinking skills in these patients. The findings of this study are published in the British Journal ...

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Novel Way to Treat Vision Loss With Eye Drops

Novel Way to Treat Vision Loss With Eye Drops

An eye drop is being developed that could treat the age-related macular degeneration (AMD/ vision loss), reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ....

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Clinical Trials News »

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Adrenaline Use in Cardiac Arrest: Study

Adrenaline Use in Cardiac Arrest: Study

Using adrenaline in cardiac arrests results in less than 1% more people leaving hospital alive but doubles the risk of severe brain damage for survivors of cardiac arrest, found clinical trial. The research raises important questions about ...

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