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Explained: Why 98.6°F is no longer ‘normal’ for the body

The thermometer reading of 98.6°F has been a gold standard for a century and a half, ever since a German doctor laid it down as the “normal” human body temperature.

Publication Date: 
06/02/2020
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Medical Research, United States Of America (US), Health Care
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Poor ventilation in public transport responsible for transmission of airborne tuberculosis (TB) infection in South Africa, says study.

South Africa is one of the countries with the highest burden of tuberculosis (TB). According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) statistics, 322,000 TB cases reported in South Africa in 2017.

Publication Date: 
11/11/2019
Tags:
Africa, Public Transport, Air Pollution, Tuberculosis, South Africa, Medical Research, WHO
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NMR-based metabolomics in pediatric drug resistant epilepsy – preliminary results

Epilepsy in children is the mostfrequent, heterogeneous and difcultto classify chronic neurologic condition with the etiology found in 35–40% of patients.Our aim is to detectthe metabolic diferences between the epileptic children and the children with no neurological abnormalities in orderto defne the metabolic backgroun

Publication Date: 
21/10/2019
Łukasz Boguszewicz, Ewa Jamroz, Mateusz Ciszek & et al
Scientific Reports
9
15035
1-15
Tags:
Neurology, Child Health, Poland, Medical Research
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Feedback regulation of Arid5a and Ppar-γ2 maintains adipose tissue homeostasis

Obesity is now considered an epidemic problem worldwide.

Publication Date: 
23/07/2019
Jaya Prakash Chalise, Shigeru Hashimoto, Gyanu Parajuli & et al
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
116
30
15128–15133
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Obesity, Medical Research
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Healthy life can’t prevent cancer

Recent news that random bad luck plays a big role in cancer has been misinterpreted as bad news, when it’s actually very useful in helping humanity understand what cancer is and what can be done to

Publication Date: 
20/06/2019
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Medical Research, Cancer, Health Care, Smoking
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'Virtual biopsy' device can non-invasively detect skin tumours

Scientists have developed a 'virtual biopsy' device that can quickly and non-invasively determine whether a skin tumour is cancerous and needs to be removed surgically.

Publication Date: 
18/06/2019
Pioneer (New Delhi)
Tags:
Medical Research, Scientists, Skin Diseases
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JNCASR finds key protein conferring radiation sensitivity in cancer cells

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Publication Date: 
16/06/2019
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Medical Research, Bangalore, Radiation, Cancer
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Study on diabetes warns lack of awareness & control a worry

Only 50% of adults in the age group 15-49 years are aware that they ail from the disease

Publication Date: 
21/05/2019
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Diabetes, Population, Health Effects, Medical Research, Health
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Phosphatidylinositol 5 phosphate 4-kinase regulates plasma-membrane PIP3 turnover and insulin signaling

Phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate (PIP3) generation at the plasma membrane is a key event during activation of receptor tyrosine kinases such as the insulin receptor required for normal growth and metabolism. The researchers report that in Drosophila, phosphatidylinositol 5 phosphate 4-kinase (PIP4K) is required to limit PIP3

Publication Date: 
14/05/2019
Sanjeev Sharma, Swarna Mathre, Visvanathan Ramya & et al
Cell Reports
27
7
1979-1990
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Diabetes, Medical Research, India
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New mosquito repelling molecule identified

Indian researchers have synthesized a new aromatic molecule that promises to help repel and kill adult female of Aedes aegypti mosquito which isscarrier of several disease-causing viruses.

Publication Date: 
26/04/2019
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Vector Borne Diseases, India, Medical Research, Dengue, Health Effects, Health

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