November 10th, 2008 - 1:53 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Nov 10 (ANI): A new study has revealed that statins, which are normally given to people with high cholesterol levels to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke, can ...
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November 7th, 2008 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
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Washington, Nov 7 (IANS) Testosterone perks up libido in post-menopausal women, according to a new study.The study of over 800 women from the US, Canada, Australia, Britain and Sweden is the first ...
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October 2nd, 2008 - 1:28 pm ICT by ANI
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London, October 2 (ANI): Computers can read mammograms to spot breast cancer nearly as effective as experts, according to a new study.
Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the Cancer ...
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October 1st, 2008 - 5:20 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, October 1 (ANI): News media often fails to project potential sources of bias while reporting medical studies, according to a new study.
Dr. Michael Hochman, a researchers at the Cambridge ...
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September 11th, 2008 - 3:49 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, September 11 (ANI): A collaborative study has revealed a submicroscopic aberration in a particular region of human chromosome 1q21.1 that is associated with a variety of developmental disorders in children.
Dr. ...
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July 30th, 2008 - 1:28 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, July 30 (ANI): Scientists at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) say that a drug to treat HIV infection offers new hope for millions of patients.
The researchers say ...
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July 17th, 2008 - 1:06 pm ICT by IANS
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Washington, July 17 (IANS) Low-carbohydrate and Mediterranean diets may be just as safe and effective as medically prescribed ones for weight reduction. In a two-year study, 322 moderately obese people were randomly ...
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July 3rd, 2008 - 1:29 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, July 3 (ANI): A new study has revealed that frequent intercourse can cut erectile dysfunction (ED) risk in men.
Researchers from Finland have revealed that men who had intercourse more often ...
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June 10th, 2008 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
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Sydney, June 10 (IANS) The world's largest study of diabetes treatments has concluded that intensive blood glucose control protects against complications. The therapy, using modified release of gliclazide, reduces the risk of ...
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May 31st, 2008 - 5:49 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 31 (IANS) Here is the ultimate reason to get out and play your favourite game - it keeps you healthy and prolongs your life by as much as five years! ...
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May 31st, 2008 - 11:59 am ICT by admin
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Washington, May 31 (ANI): Golf has beneficial health effects and may increase life expectancy, according to a Swedish study.
Researchers at the medical university Karolinska Institutet analysed data about 300,000 Swedish ...
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May 22nd, 2008 - 1:55 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 22 (IANS) Most smokers quit the habit not singly but in droves, comprising spouses, friends, siblings and co-workers, thanks to the influence exerted by social networks, according to a new ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 12:58 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, Apr 30 (ANI): Researchers claim that they have identified factors that may affect the survival and disability risk of extremely premature infants.
Gestational age has long been used to predict ...
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April 22nd, 2008 - 1:21 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, Apr 22 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Toronto have found that not all people who get bitten by a malaria-infected mosquito end up with the disease. This, they say, ...
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April 17th, 2008 - 2:59 pm ICT by admin
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London, Apr 17 (ANI): The mutation that causes the rare genetic disease pyruvate kinase deficiency protects against malaria, states a new study.
Approximately 1 in 20,000 people have two copies of a ...
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April 3rd, 2008 - 11:58 am ICT by admin
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London, April 3 (IANS) An international team has identified the gene behind a rare but serious vitamin B12-related disorder and also picked up clues about how the vitamin acts within the body. ...
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March 29th, 2008 - 5:18 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, Mar 29 (ANI): A new study from Boston University has revealed that decreased sexual satisfaction among postmenopausal women may not be linked to cardiovascular disease.
Female sexual dysfunction is a common ...
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March 27th, 2008 - 1:27 pm ICT by admin
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London, March 27 (ANI): Researchers at the University of California, Irvine say that they have identified a very practical and non-invasive procedure to predict future heart attack and heart disease.
In ...
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March 27th, 2008 - 11:48 am ICT by admin
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Washington, March 27 (IANS) Drugs fast-tracked by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are more likely to be withdrawn from global markets for safety reasons, undergo manufacturing revisions, or face labelling ...
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March 14th, 2008 - 10:57 am ICT by admin
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New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) India lags far behind developed countries in managing tuberculosis (TB) because of the social stigma attached to it and health workers are particularly vulnerable to the disease, ...
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March 8th, 2008 - 12:47 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, Mar 8 (ANI): Middle aged non-drinkers may finally have a reason to add a tipple to their daily diet, for a new study has shown that middle-aged people who start drinking ...
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March 8th, 2008 - 10:50 am ICT by admin
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Washington, March 8 (IANS) Here's yet another study underlining the fact that moderate drinking is good for your heart - with wine drinkers showing the most significant reduction in cardiac risk. The ...
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March 7th, 2008 - 1:48 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, Mar 7 (ANI): Researchers at the Uppsala University, Sweden, have identified a protein, called NALP5, which opens new possibilities of understanding both APS-1 - a rare hereditary disease where the immune ...
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February 25th, 2008 - 12:46 pm ICT by admin
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Berlin, Feb 25 (DPA) A study of hospital admissions for heart complaints in the Munich area during the 2006 World Cup in Germany has revealed a sharp increase in incidents among men ...
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February 23rd, 2008 - 1:19 pm ICT by admin
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New York, Feb 23 (IANS) In a dilemma over opting for surgery to treat your spine condition? Here's a new study that will help you make up your mind. The study, by ...
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February 1st, 2008 - 4:12 pm ICT by admin
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London, Jan 31 (ANI): Watching dramatic and exciting games of football could trigger a stress-induced event, especially heart attacks, according to a new study.
In a study conducted during the 2006 World Cup ...
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January 18th, 2008 - 2:25 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, Jan 18 (ANI): Men vulnerable to prostate cancer will soon be identifiable through a simple DNA test.
The finding was based on a study, led by Professor Henrik Gronberg at Swedish ...
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January 10th, 2008 - 3:10 pm ICT by admin
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Geneva/Baghdad, Jan 10 (ANI): A large national household survey conducted by the Iraqi government and the World Health Organization estimates that 151,000 Iraqis died from violence between March 2003 and June 2006.
The ...
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December 29th, 2007 - 2:01 pm ICT by admin
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London, December 29 (ANI): A new drug called eltrombopag may offer an effective treatment for Hepatitis C, as scientists have found that it boosts blood-platelet counts.
The finding attains significance as the blood ...
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December 28th, 2007 - 2:22 pm ICT by admin
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London, December 28 (ANI): Indiana University researchers have successfully concluded the first ever trial involving the inclusion of an antiangiogenic agent called Avastin in breast cancer therapy with Taxol, suggesting that this ...
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