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    General Health How AI can predict heart attacks and stroke – The Hindu – Health

    Researchers have used Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the first time to instantly and accurately measure blood flow. The results were found to be able to predict chances of death, heart attack and stroke, and can be used by doctors to help recommend treatments which could improve a … Read...
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    General Health Abnormal haemoglobin levels linked to risk of dementia: Study – The Hindu

    A new study has linked low and high haemoglobin levels to an increased risk of developing dementia in the future. The study titled ‘Haemoglobin and anaemia in relation to dementia risk and accompanying changes on brain MRI’ was published in the July 31, 2019... Read more via The Hindu –...
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    General Health Be on your guard, there’s cancer lurking in your mouth – The Hindu

    Last month, a 36-year-old Mira Road resident was operated upon for early-stage tongue cancer. The mother of three children has never smoked or chewed tobacco. The diagnosis thus shocked her as well as her family... Read more via The Hindu – Health http://bit.ly/2LAu4DB
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    General Health Training for marathon ‘reverses’ ageing of vessels, cuts stroke risk – The Hindu – Health

    Novice runners had a four-year reduction in arterial age after training, says study Training for and completing a first-time marathon reverses ageing of major blood vessels, according to a study which found that the older and slower runners benefit the most... Read more via The Hindu –...
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    General Health Not exercising worse than smoking, diabetes and heart disease: Study – The Hindu – Health

    Next time, don’t hit the snooze button when the alarm goes off and skip your morning workout. The consequences could be worse than what you thought, according to a new study. The findings of the study suggest that a sedentary lifestyle is worse for one’s health than … Read more via The Hindu...
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    General Health Could surgery be the answer to obesity? – The Hindu – Health

    A South African woman named Dineo* long struggled with obesity. Her vices included takeout food, creamy desserts and chips, and she drank two litres of sugary drinks a day. “It relaxed me,” she recalls. Her weight crept up to 141 kg. Yo-yo dieting never worked. In 2008, … Read more via The...
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    General Health Da Vinci’s genius may be due to eye disorder: study – The Hindu – Health

    Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci may have had an eye condition that gave him the unusual ability to recreate three-dimensional shapes in his sculptures and paintings, a study has found. A person with the condition strabismus have eyes that appear to be pointing in different directions, with …...
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    General Health TV shows that talk about mental health of doctors – The Hindu – Health

    If you think about it, a hospital is the best place for any soap opera: it is where strangers meet everyday, each new patient bringing a new storyline, that is woven into the permanent cast’s (read: the doctors and nurses) lives. Which explains why medical dramas such … Read more via The...
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    General Health A second look at dyslexia – The Hindu – Health

    October is ‘World Dyslexia Awareness’ month. Dyslexia is broadly described as difficulty in acquiring age-appropriate reading skills in spite of opportunity and instruction. Neuroscience has firmly established that dyslexia is due to neurobiological differences in brain wiring and structure; it...
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    General Health Vaccines are safe, says Centre – The Hindu – Health

    Rubbishing any rumours being spread stating not to give polio drops to children up to 5 years as some virus has been found in them the Union Health has appealed to parents not to go by any such news. A release issued by the Ministry noted that … Read more via The Hindu – Health...
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    General Health What is ‘kissing disease’? – The Hindu – Health

    More formally called mononucleosis, it is a disease that is primarily spread by contact with saliva (which is why it is called ‘kissing disease’) and causes extreme fatigue for weeks. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is the most common cause, but other viruses can also cause this disease. It … Read...
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