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Surgical Removal not Necessary for Simple Ovarian Cysts

Surgical Removal not Necessary for Simple Ovarian Cysts

Simple ovarian cysts are common in women. It do not require any additional ultrasound surveillance or surgical removal and can be ignored, reveals a research....

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Potential Therapeutic Strategy for Kidney Cancer Identified: Study

Potential Therapeutic Strategy for Kidney Cancer Identified: Study

Fresh insight is shed on the mechanisms behind clear cell Renal Cell Carcinoma (ccRCC) development by a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal eLife ....

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Diet Fluctuations May Elevate the Risk for Heart Disease, Diabetes

Diet Fluctuations May Elevate the Risk for Heart Disease, Diabetes

New study finds that risk factors for cardiovascular disease, diabetes closely follow with changes in diet patterns. The findings of the study are published in the journal Nutrients ....

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Obese Teens Enjoy Food Less Than Those with Normal Weight

Obese Teens Enjoy Food Less Than Those with Normal Weight

Obese adolescents get only little pleasure from food, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal Food Quality and Preference ....

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Low Success Rates of Antibiotic Treatment of Appendicitis

Low Success Rates of Antibiotic Treatment of Appendicitis

Antibiotic treatment of appendicitis as opposed to surgical removal of the inflamed organ results in higher hospital readmissions and also tends to be costlier in the long-term, according to a research by the Stanford University School of ...

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Compounds to Protect Against Aging Diseases Like Alzheimer's

Compounds to Protect Against Aging Diseases Like Alzheimer's

Alzheimer's candidate compounds named geroneuroprotectors possessing anti-aging properties, could be beneficial in old age related diseases like Alzheimer's disease (AD) and cancer according to a new Salk research....

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Magnetic Nanospring Capsules for Targeted Drug Delivery

Magnetic Nanospring Capsules for Targeted Drug Delivery

Cobalt and cobalt-iron nanosprings were found to possess ubiquitous magnetic and elasticity properties that may be helpful to develop nanorobots, nanosensors, new types of memory, and targeted drug delivery agents for treating cancer, according to ...

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Complementary and Alternative Medicine Usage on Rise

Complementary and Alternative Medicine Usage on Rise

Practitioner-led complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies like acupuncture, massage, osteopathy and chiropractic treatment rose rapidly among adults, according to a survey led by researchers at the University of Bristol's Centre for ...

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Secondary Cataract: Lens Cells from Previous Cataract Surgery Could be a Cause

Secondary Cataract: Lens Cells from Previous Cataract Surgery Could be a Cause

The damaged natural lens that were left over from the first cataract surgery may lead to the formation of Secondary cataract, finds a new study. The findings of this study are published in the journal of Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual ...

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Nanomagnets and Moths Can Save Lives: Here’s How

Nanomagnets and Moths Can Save Lives: Here’s How

Novel technology that uses moths and nanomagnets can save lives, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal Nature Biomedical Engineering . ...

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Crime Rates Spike in Warmer Winter Temperatures

Crime Rates Spike in Warmer Winter Temperatures

New study highlights that violent crime rates rise in warmer winter temperatures. The findings of the study are published in the journal GeoHealth ....

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Nitric Oxide Technology Can Heal Diabetic Foot Ulcers Much Faster

Nitric Oxide Technology Can Heal Diabetic Foot Ulcers Much Faster

New nitric oxide-releasing technology shows potential in healing diabetic foot ulcers much faster, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal...

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Your Number of Romantic Partners Mirrors Your Mother’s Love Life

Your Number of Romantic Partners Mirrors Your Mother’s Love Life

People whose mothers had more partners (married or cohabiting) often tend to follow the same path, revealed a new national study. "Children inherit and learn those...

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Probiotics Increase Bone Density in Healthy Mice

Probiotics Increase Bone Density in Healthy Mice

In young female mice, treatment with a widely used probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) produced a metabolite called butyrate, which in turn activated bone-enhancing immune...

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Nutrition Challenges Meet Focuses on Under-Nutrition

Nutrition Challenges Meet Focuses on Under-Nutrition

The third National Council on India’s Nutrition Challenges Meet was held in New Delhi on Wednesday. Under-nutrition, anaemia and diarrhoea and new strategies to be brought in under Poshan Abhiyaan to tackle and eradicate them in among children were ...

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India All Set to Host Fourth Edition of the Global Partners’ Forum 2018

India All Set to Host Fourth Edition of the Global Partners’ Forum 2018

India is all set to host the largest-ever Partners' Forum on 12 th and 13 th December 2018 in New Delhi. Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi will be inaugurating the two-day event for representatives of over 100 countries ....

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Google Celebrates Children's Day with Space Exploration Doodle

Google Celebrates Children's Day with Space Exploration Doodle

Google celebrates Children's Day with a doodle competition for kids on space exploration....

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Women Health News »

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Surgical Menopause More Likely to Worsen Sleep Disorder

Surgical Menopause More Likely to Worsen Sleep Disorder

Surgical menopause may increase the risk of insomnia, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal Menopause ....

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Link Between Prenatal Food Insecurity and Severity of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Discovered

Link Between Prenatal Food Insecurity and Severity of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Discovered

Food insecurity in pregnant women is associated with increased risk for their infants receiving pharmacologic treatment for neonatal abstinence syndrome, finds study....

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Mental Health News »

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Self Harm Among Teenage Girls: There is More Than What Meets the Eye

Self Harm Among Teenage Girls: There is More Than What Meets the Eye

Brain activity of Teenage girls who have a tendency to harm themselves may have subtle similarities with other severe disorders such as borderline personality disorder, finds a new study. The findings of this study are published in the Development ...

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How Imagining “You are Going to Have Pain” may Actually Amplify Normal Pain

How Imagining “You are Going to Have Pain” may Actually Amplify Normal Pain

Understand the logic behind How expecting something to hurt, can hurt real bad even when the cause of pain or the pain itself is not that bad. The findings of this study are...

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Diabetes News »

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World Diabetes Day: Obesity Among Diabetics On the Rise in Urban India

World Diabetes Day: Obesity Among Diabetics On the Rise in Urban India

Obesity among diabetics was found to be on the rise in India, reveals a new study on type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients in India. In this study, the research team also found that majority of patients prefer to have fewer large meals than to have more ...

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Hypertension News »

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Isolation from Western Foods Thwarts High Blood Pressure in a Tribe

Isolation from Western Foods Thwarts High Blood Pressure in a Tribe

No increase in blood pressure was observed in a South American tribe who live in total isolation from the western dietary influences, reveals a study by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. This is in contrast, to a nearby tribe with ...

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Medico Legal News »

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Cannabis Might Get Legalized in Thailand for Medical Use

Cannabis Might Get Legalized in Thailand for Medical Use

Narcotics laws may be reformed in Thailand. The government might legalize the use of cannabis for medical purpose only. The Thai government on Tuesday approved a reform to legalize the medicinal use of cannabis, which would make it the ...

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Environmental Health »

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Delhi's Air Quality Improves After Overnight Rain, But Still Far from Safe

Delhi's Air Quality Improves After Overnight Rain, But Still Far from Safe

Air quality in Delhi and the regions around it improved to 'very poor' from 'severe' category due to overnight rain. But the condition may drop again, warn monitoring agencies. ...

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Portable Air Purifiers May Protect Your Heart from Air Pollution

Portable Air Purifiers May Protect Your Heart from Air Pollution

Air pollution in the form of microscopic particles from sources like fossil fuel combustion, cigarettes, and vehicles raise the risk of cardiovascular and other serious health complications. A new study suggests that using low-cost portable filters may help protect at-risk people from the negative health effects of air pollution. The findings of the study are published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine ....

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Heart Disease News »

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One Hour of Weightlifting a Week May Cut Your Risk for Heart Attack

One Hour of Weightlifting a Week May Cut Your Risk for Heart Attack

One hour of lifting weights a week may decrease your risk for heart attack or stroke by 40 to 70 percent, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise ....

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Obesity News »

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Obesity Treatment: One Size Does Not Fit All

Obesity Treatment: One Size Does Not Fit All

Four different patient subgroups that diverge significantly in eating behaviors and rate of diabetes, as well as weight loss in three years after surgery have been identified by scientists....

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