Study suggests game-based program boosts physical activity among diabetes patients

Washington [US], May 31 (ANI): According to a new study, people with diabetes could be nudged toward increasing their physical activity by following game-based programs and routines. Findings from the study, conducted by a team from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, were published in the journal ‘JAMA Network Open’. By […]

Study suggests game-based program boosts physical activity among diabetes patients

Young adults with schizophrenia have highest suicide risk: Study

Washington [US], May 31 (ANI): A new study has found that young adults with schizophrenia have the highest suicide risk and those aged 65 and older have the lowest. The findings of the study were published in the journal ‘JAMA Psychiatry’. This study from Columbia looked at a large population of adults diagnosed with schizophrenia. […]

Young adults with schizophrenia have highest suicide risk: Study

Here’s how mothers’ depression affects mother-infant relationships

Washington [US], May 30 (ANI): Want to maintain a healthy relationship when they group? Not taking the stress during pregnancy or in any case may help. The findings of a new study revealed that women with depression during pregnancy, or with a history of depression, have a reduced quality of mother-infant relationship. The findings of […]

Here’s how mothers’ depression affects mother-infant relationships

Researchers find exoskeleton therapy’s benefits in people with multiple sclerosis

Washington [US], May 30 (ANI): Exoskeleton therapy improves mobility, cognition and brain connectivity in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to the findings of a new study. A team of (MS) experts led a pilot randomised controlled trial of robotic-exoskeleton assisted exercise rehabilitation (REAER) effects on mobility, cognition, and brain connectivity in people with substantial […]

Researchers find exoskeleton therapy’s benefits in people with multiple sclerosis

Delaying lung cancer surgery associated with higher risk of recurrence, death: Study

Washington [US], May 31 (ANI): A study by researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that delaying lung cancer surgery for more than 12 weeks from the date of diagnosis with a CT scan is associated with a higher risk of recurrence and death. The findings of the study were […]

Delaying lung cancer surgery associated with higher risk of recurrence, death: Study

Ethnic diversity helps identify more genomic regions linked to diabetes-related traits: Study

London [UK], June 1 (ANI): By including multi-ethnic participants, a large scale genetic study by the University of Exeter has identified more regions of the genome linked to type 2 diabetes-related traits than if the research had been conducted in Europe alone. New findings published in the journal Nature Genetics demonstrate that expanding research into […]

Ethnic diversity helps identify more genomic regions linked to diabetes-related traits: Study

Discovery gives hope of detecting, preventing prostate cancer spread

Canberra [Australia], June 1 (ANI): New research by QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute and The University of Queensland has revealed how lowering cholesterol could potentially prevent or help stop the spread of prostate cancer. The researchers made the discovery after identifying a change in function of the hnRNPK protein in people with advanced prostate cancer. […]

Discovery gives hope of detecting, preventing prostate cancer spread

Scientists identify mechanism linking traumatic brain injury to neurodegenerative disease

Washington [US], June 2 (ANI): Scientists have revealed a potential mechanism for how traumatic brain injury leads to neurodegenerative diseases, according to a study in fruit flies, and rat and human brain tissue, published in the journal eLife. The results could aid the development of treatments that halt the progression of cell damage after brain […]

Scientists identify mechanism linking traumatic brain injury to neurodegenerative disease

Vitamin D may not provide protection from COVID-19 susceptibility or disease severity, study suggests

Washington [US], June 2 (ANI): Observational studies have suggested that increased vitamin D levels may protect against COVID-19. However, these studies were inconclusive and possibly subject to confounding. A study published in PLOS Medicine by Guillaume Butler-Laporte and Tomoko Nakanishi at McGill University in Quebec, Canada, and colleagues suggests that genetic evidence does not support […]

Vitamin D may not provide protection from COVID-19 susceptibility or disease severity, study suggests

Here’s why overweight people should not consume alcohol!

Sydney [Australia], June 1 (ANI): A study led by the University of Sydney’s Charles Perkins Centre observed medical data from nearly half a million people and found that people who are obese and overweight worsens liver-damaging effects of alcohol. “People in the overweight or obese range who drank were found to be at greater risk […]

Here’s why overweight people should not consume alcohol!

Global warming responsible for one in three heat-related deaths, study affirms

London [UK], June 1 (ANI): Between 1991 and 2018, more than a third of all deaths in which heat played a role were attributable to human-induced global warming, according to a new article in the journal Nature Climate Change. The study, the largest of its kind, was led by the London School of Hygiene & […]

Global warming responsible for one in three heat-related deaths, study affirms

COVID-19 pandemic led to increased screen time, more sleep problems: Study

Washington [US], June 3 (ANI): A new study has found that increased evening screen time during the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected the sleep quality of people. The findings of the study were published in the journal ‘Sleep’. During the lockdown period in Italy, daily internet traffic volume almost doubled compared to the same time in […]

COVID-19 pandemic led to increased screen time, more sleep problems: Study