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Molecular Mechanism of Folk Medicines to Treat Hypertension Explained

Irvine researchers explained the molecular mechanism of action of common herbs lavender, fennel and chamomile in treating hypertension. Published in




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Chinese People Seek Modern Treatment, Shun Ancient Medicine: Study

In China, activists are protesting the use of ancient and traditional medicine, which hospitals are obliged to offer to patients on an equal footing with modern medical care.




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Acai Berry Derivatives Treat Malaria in Mice

Acai berry extracts can reduce parasites in the blood and prolong the survival of malarial mice, according to the study published in iACS Omega/i.




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Mindfulness Meditation Enhances Positive Effects of Psilocybin: Study

Mindfulness meditation was found to enhance the positive long-term effects of a single dose of psilocybin, which is found in certain mushrooms, revealed University of Zurich researchers.




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Yoga, Physical Therapy Reduce Back Pain (and) Improve Sleep

Yoga and physical therapy (PT) approaches are effective in treating co-occurring sleep disturbance and back pain while reducing the need for medication,




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Chronic Benefits of Non-drug Therapies for Pain

Non-drug therapies given to military members with long-term pain may decrease the risk of long-term outcomes like alcohol, drug disorder, self-induced




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Heart Muscle Cells Alter Energy Source During Heart Regeneration

Heart attacks are a common cause of death in the Western world. During a heart attack, coronary arteries get occluded, leading to a decrease of oxygen




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Nanoparticles can Trick Kidney

Nanoparticles are still too big to be removed by the kidneys. Since several doses of nanoparticles are necessary to treat a tumor, over time the nanoparticles




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Isolating Kidney Stem Cells from Urine is Achievable

Kidneys are involved in many crucial functions such as (i) maintaining balanced levels of fluids in the body, (ii) filtering waste materials from food,




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Half of the Lupus Rashes Harbor High Levels of Bacteria Cause for Infections

In the paper, published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, researchers found that 50% of skin rashes in patients with lupus contained an abnormally




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Fresh Approach to Calm That Angry Nose

Eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis (ECRS) is a type of airway disease involving nasal inflammation. Many studies have attempted to understand the molecular-based




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Scientists Develop a Non-invasive Method to Predict the Start of Dementia

Information gathered from routine visits to the doctor is enough to accurately predict a person's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and related dementias,




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New Treatment for TBI

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) found that targeting overactive immune cells in the brain with an experimental drug




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Alternative Medicine Improves Quality of Life in Acute Rehab

While experts have long believed that CAM therapies could benefit patients in acute rehab, less is known about which benefits are most advantageous to these individuals' quality of life.




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Magnolia Bark Compound may Treat Drug-resistant Epilepsy

Magnolia bark may help treat patients with epilepsy where normal neurological activity becomes interrupted. Now, researchers have identified a potential




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Govt Approves For Telemedicine With New Guidelines Post COVID-19 Lockdown

Amid nationwide lockdown , the Medical Council of India (MCI) has formulated new guidelines for registered medical practitioners to deliver telemedicine




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Health Care Workers Get Guidelines From National Health Mission Guidelines

The National Health Mission (NHM) has advised health workers, who are part of the primary health care (PHC) team, to ensure safety for themselves and




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Homeopathy in COVID-19 Fight

Since ancient times, homeopathy has a good track record with epidemics and infectious diseases and therefore people should keep their biases aside and




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Mindful Yoga Practice Decreases Testosterone Levels, Improves Symptoms of PCOS

Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) practicing a one-hour mindful yoga class, done three times a week, have reduced testosterone levels by 29 percent over three months.




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Tai-Chi-based Mindfulness Training Decreased Core ADHD Symptoms in Kids

Motor control could be a biomarker that can be targeted by the mindful movement, such as Tai-Chi based training intervention to improve behavior in kids




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NBRI Develops New Alcohol-based Herbal Sanitizer

The National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) has developed an alcohol-based herbal sanitizer under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research




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Role of Ayurveda Against COVID-19 Revealed

Ayurvedic medicines could play a vital role in fighting the coronavirus, according to a seasoned clinical assistant professor of medicine from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York.




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Ayurveda and Yoga may Help COVID-19 Prevention

Simple and feasible measures based on Ayurveda and Yoga could strengthen your immunity against COVID-19 infection, reports a new study. The findings of




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Aromatherapy can Alleviate On-the-job Stress in Nurses

Aromatherapy may decrease nurses' on-the-job feelings of stress, anxiety, exhaustion, and being overwhelmed, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, reports a new study.




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Meditation with Aerobic Exercise can Relieve Stress in Medical School Students

Meditation, combined with aerobic exercise, decreases stress and rumination while improving the quality of life for medical students, reports a new study.




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Yoga may Help People With Migraine

A new study published in Neurology has found that adding yoga to your regularly prescribed migraine treatment may be better than medication alone. "Migraine




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55-year-old Woman Delivers Twins in India

For a long, long time she had been longing for a child. And menopause had overtaken her. Still she would not give up. Sh




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AIIMS Doctors' Strike Called Off

Resident doctors of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) today called off their strike against the del




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UK Churches Ban Yoga, Brand It 'Un-Christian'

At a time when Indian yoga camps are spreading far and wide in Britain, two churches here have banned a group from condu




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Indian Court Upholds Ban on Pre-natal Sex Determination Test

Gender-based abortions will continue to be banned in India with the Bombay High Court, in Maharashtra, a western Indian




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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2007

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine




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Al Gore and UN Panel to Share Nobel Peace Prize

Former US Vice President Al Gore and the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will share thi




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17 Brands of Compounded Asafoetida (iHing/i) Tested, 12 Fail

INSIGHT - The Consumer Magazine (September-October 2007) , published by Consumer Education and Research Society (CERS),




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Cheap Medicines, Yes, but Don't Harm Pharma Interests, Says WHO Chief

World Health Organisation's Director General Margaret Chan has sought to send some conciliatory signals to the drug indu




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Bali Roadmap an Anticlimax, None Willing to Commit on Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The much vaunted climate change conference has come to an end at Bali, Indonesia, on an almost anticlimactic note.




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mInfamous Kidney Kingpin Arrested

Gurgaon based Kidney racketeer, Dr. Amit Kumar was reportedly arrested by Nepali Police today (Feb 07 2008). The Doctor




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'Four-In-One' Teenager from UK Wants To Be Kidney Donor

Laura Moon, 18, from Whinmoor in Leeds, has four kidneys. All of them are functional and growing naturally. She is wi




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Future Babies Through Frozen Eggs

The first frozen oocyte pregnancy in India has been reported from the Chennai-based GG hospital Fertility Research Ce




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Brits Discover Breast Cancer Vaccine

British scientists claim to have developed a drug with the potential to 'vaccinate' those with a family history of bre




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Spit May Soon Replace Blood For Diagnosis

In a breakthrough study, researchers in the US have identified all the 1,166 proteins in human saliva, a move which




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Nobel Prize In Medicine: All European Affair

The Nobel Prize for medicine this year has been awarded to three Europeans, Luc Montagnier, Francoise Barre-Sinoussi a




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Nobel Prize in Medicine - 2009

The 2009 Nobel Prize for medicine has been announced! It has been awarded to researchers Elizabeth Blackburn , her st




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Man Ready to Play God - Scientists Synthesize Artificial Life In Lab

It has happened sooner than expected. Scientists have managed to synthesize 1.08 million base pair chromosome of a modi




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Urine as a Source of Power

Can urine be used to produce energy without causing pollution. The team of researchers from Bristol certainly feel this




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'Test-Tube Baby' Pioneer Edwards Gets Nobel in Medicine

It may have come a bit too late, but a very deserving Robert Edwards has finally been awarded the Nobel Prize in Medi




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Sathya Sai Baba Dies of Multi-Organ Failure - No Miracle Happened as the End Came in ICU

The world famous god man and Spiritual leader Sri Sathya Sai Baba passed away at his Sathya Sai super specialty hospi




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Will Today be a Red Letter Day for The Deceased Organ Donation Programme in India?

Finally, after many a debate and discussion, the proposed amendments to the Transplantation of Human Organs Act will be




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Hepatitis C Drug to be Offered Soon in India at Only One Percent of Its Cost in USA

Patent holder and pharma major Gilead, announced voluntary licences with seven generic drug manufacturers in India to s




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Nobel Prize 2014 for Medicine Goes to Trio for Discovering Brain's GPS

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014 has been awarded with one half given to John O'Keefe and the other half




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Decades-old Ban on Gay Men Donating Blood Finally Removed by the FDA

In a major policy decision the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the USA has lifted the ban on gay and bisexual men