Study assesses therapeutic strategies for severe obesity in adolescents
ANI | Updated: Jul 23, 2024 23:52 IST Illinois [US], July 23 (ANI): According to a study, adolescents with severe obesity who got both meal-replacement therapy and financial incentives had a higher reduction in body mass index compared to those…
High blood pressure may increase risk of strokes, finds study
ANI | Updated: Jul 23, 2024 23:51 IST Michigan [US], July 23 (ANI): A Michigan Medicine study found that high systolic blood pressure (the top number on the blood pressure reading and how hard the heart pumps blood to the…
Researchers explain why blueberries are blue
ANI | Updated: Feb 08, 2024 12:34 IST Washington DC [US], February 8 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Bristol have discovered that blueberries’ blue hue is caused by tiny exterior structures in their wax coating.This applies to lots of…
Hip fractures will double worldwide by 2050
ANI | Updated: Sep 10, 2022 08:13 IST Austin (Texas) [US], September 10 (ANI): According to a new study led by experts at the University of Hong Kong, osteoporotic hip fracture, already a risky and crippling issue for elderly men…
Children who have temporary facial paralysis can recover without treatment
ANI | Updated: Sep 09, 2022 23:08 IST Melbourne [Australia], September 9 (ANI): According to a new study, the majority of youngsters with a syndrome that temporarily weakens or paralyses the muscles in the face recover without medicine within six…
Shape of coronavirus affects its transmission
ANI | Updated: Aug 31, 2022 23:01 IST Okinawa [Japan], August 31 (ANI): Images of the coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, have been imprinted in our brains since the commencement of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the way we commonly visualise the virus, as…
Ozone depletion over North Pole causes weather anomalies
ANI | Updated: Jul 11, 2022 14:23 IST Zurich [Switzerland], July 11 (ANI): Although the ozone hole over Antarctica is well known, few people are aware that the protective ozone in the stratosphere periodically breaks down over the Arctic, depleting…