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Blood pressure drugs may improve COVID-19 survival
ISLAMABAD, APRIL 16 (Online): A review of research has found that patients taking certain drugs for high blood pressure had a lower risk of severe COVID-19 and death than patients who were not taking these medications.
Early in the…
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What is the difference between prebiotics and probiotics?
ISLAMABAD, APRIL 16 (Online): Prebiotics are a type of fiber that the human body cannot digest, they serve as food for probiotics which are tiny living microorganisms including bacteria and yeast.
Both prebiotics and probiotics may…
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Gut health experts define ‘synbiotic’ supplements
ISLAMABAD, APRIL 16 (Online): A panel of scientists has published a document that clarifies the definition of synbiotic products, which contain “friendly” bacteria and a substrate on which the bacteria feed.
It also makes recommendations…
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Study reveals how sleep boosts learning
ISLAMABAD, April 15 (Online): Two distinct sleep stages appear to play vital, complementary roles in learning: one stage enhances overall performance, while the other stabilizes what we learned the previous day.
Scientists have long known…
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Human brain is not more efficient than other mammals’ brains
ISLAMABAD, April 15 (Online): Brain scans of more than 100 mammalian species, including humans, reveal that the efficiency of information transfer in the brain is the same in all mammals, regardless of size.
The mammalian brain consists…
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New therapy may ‘dramatically’ reduce sleep paralysis events
ISLAMABAD, APRIL 14 (online): A study explores the benefits of meditation-relaxation therapy for people with narcolepsy who experience sleep paralysis.
A new study reports that around 20% of people worldwide experience sleep paralysis.…
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Weight loss in young adults with obesity may halve mortality risk
ISLAMABAD, APRIL 14 (online): A study has found that people whose weight reduced from indicating obesity to indicating overweight between early adulthood and midlife had a halved risk of dying during the follow-up period.
The World Health…
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Antibiotic resistance linked to soil pollution
ISLAMABAD, APRIL 14 (online): New research has identified an association between heavy metal and radioactive soil pollution and the antibacterial resistance of bacteria living in that soil.
The research adds weight to earlier findings.…
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What happens in the brain when we sleep?
ISLAMABAD, APRIL 13 (online): What occurs in the brain when we are deep in slumber? What are the different stages of sleep and what role do they play in learning and memory formation? What about in anxiety and pain? Do neurons and…
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High BMI linked to COVID-19 severity in African Americans
ISLAMABAD, APRIL 13 (online): New research has identified some common factors associated with severe cases of COVID-19 in African American people, including a high body mass index (BMI)
While all people have a risk of contracting the…
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