In US, men and women adopt suicidal tendencies that are expected of them within their cultures, according to a psychologist.
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Incensed by reports that a drug resistant superbug has been traced to India, government today said there was a need to find out whether some “ulterior motives” were behind the claim.
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A research team from the Massachusetts General Hospital said that the protein called merlin, encoded by the NF2 gene, controls the activity of adult stem cells that give rise to the two major types of liver cells.
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‘The findings suggest for the first time that emotional and physical pain are interrelated,’ said Gregory Webster, a University of Florida psychologist who co-authored the study with a team of researchers.
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Statins reduce the amount of unhealthy ‘LDL’ cholesterol in the blood. It has previously been proved that statins are highly effective in lowering a person’s heart attack risk.
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Chronic pain conditions that are more prevalent in women than in men include fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis and migraines.
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The study suggested that tracking heart rate over time can provide a profoundly simple and important marker of health issues that could become lethal but which also might be prevented with diagnosis and treatment.
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The survey showed that more than 6.2 million women are now “plus” sizes, and that only 31% are size 12, which used to be the average size, which is now a 16.
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Professor Peter Collignon, Canberra Hospital’s head of infectious diseases, said the cases–including one patient who had plastic surgery in Mumbai–were just the “tip of the iceberg”.
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