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Why eating lettuce, salads bad for health in space?
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Why eating lettuce, salads bad for health in space?

New York, Jan 23: Lettuce and other leafy green vegetables that are part of a healthy, balanced diet could be more susceptible to bacterial infections in space than on Earth, according to a study. It's been more than three years since NASA made space-grown lettuce an item on the menu for...
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UP's 60 Parachute Field Hospital gets Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan...

New Delhi, Jan 23: The 60 Parachute Field Hospital in Uttar Pradesh has been selected for the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar-2024 in the Institutional category. The Ministry of Home Affairs said that the work of the hospitals is excellent in Disaster Management. The Government of...
Sitting at work for long? 15-30 mins of extra exercise can cut high death risk
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Sitting at work for long? 15-30 mins of extra exercise can cut high death risk

New Delhi, Jan 21: People who predominantly sit at work would need to engage in an additional 15 to 30 minutes of physical activity per day to mitigate an increased risk of mortality, new research has revealed. The study involving 481,688 individuals over a mean follow-up period of 12.8 years...
Fresh insights into DNA repair promise new directions in cancer research
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Fresh insights into DNA repair promise new directions in cancer research

Tokyo, Jan 21: Scientists have unraveled key steps in the road to DNA repair, promising new directions in cancer research. Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have been studying DNA repair by homologous recombination, where the RecA protein repairs breaks in double-stranded DNA by...
Social media use triggers stress, unhappiness among materialistic users: Study
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Social media use triggers stress, unhappiness among materialistic users: Study

London, Jan 21: The use of social media is associated with risks, especially for people with a highly materialistic mindset, as scrolling down content posted by others can increase stress and unhappiness in such users, say researchers. At the same time, the social media platforms attract...
Posture Matters
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Posture Matters

New Delhi, Jan 20: “What will happen when you reach an older age?” This is what we often get to hear in traditional homes just because the youth is spending more time on gadgets- be it slouching on a sofa and chilling with Netflix or sitting in the office for late hours. Our elders often say this,...
New smart insulin pill with sugar-free chocolate to better manage diabetes
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New smart insulin pill with sugar-free chocolate to better manage diabetes

London, Jan 20: Researchers have developed a new way to supply the body with smart insulin, providing millions of people with diabetes worldwide new alternatives to syringes or insulin pumps. There are approximately 425 million people worldwide with diabetes and approximately 75 million of these...
Scientists decode what causes cell damage in long Covid
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Scientists decode what causes cell damage in long Covid

London, Jan 19: A team of Swiss researchers has identified that the complement system, a part of the body’s immune system, plays an important role in long Covid. Most people infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus recover after the acute illness. However, a significant proportion of infected...
Nicotine-free vapes too can harm your lungs
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Nicotine-free vapes too can harm your lungs

London, Jan 19: Researchers found that even the nicotine-free vape caused oxidative stress in the lung, increased inflammation and the breakdown of blood vessels. This damage is similar to those found in patients with lung injury, said the team from Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in the UK. ...
Climate change may up risk of diarrhoeal illness spread: Study
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Climate change may up risk of diarrhoeal illness spread: Study

London, Jan 19: Increasing climate change -- as seen in rising temperature, day length and humidity -- are linked to the increased spread of a diarrhoeal illness, according to a study. The findings, published in the journal PLOS Computational Biology, could help predict further outbreaks of the...
Wheat diet may exacerbate multiple sclerosis severity: Study
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Wheat diet may exacerbate multiple sclerosis severity: Study

London, Jan 19: A diet containing wheat can increase the severity of multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study. Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. The immune system attacks healthy nerve cells in an overreaction, causing them to continuously die. ...
US records about 11,000 deaths from flu this season: CDC
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US records about 11,000 deaths from flu this season: CDC

Los Angeles, Jan 20: There have been at least 16 million flu illnesses, 180,000 hospitalisations, and 11,000 deaths from flu so far this season in the US, according to the latest data released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Seasonal influenza activity remains elevated...
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