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BAMS, Post Graduate Diploma in Hospital Management

Dr. Meenakshy Varier

A doctor who is qualified in complementary medicine and keeps herself abreast with what is latest in the medical field through constant research. Meenakshy has worked as a content writer in the past and continues to contribute as a Freelancer. Her other interests include reading, writing, cooking view more..

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Specific Part Of The Brain Activated When Learning To Help Others

Specific Part Of The Brain Activated When Learning To Help Others

Brain center lights up more when people with higher levels of empathy learn to do good for others.

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Burnout is the Result of Stress Due To Mismatch Of Employee Needs & Job Demands

Burnout is the Result of Stress Due To Mismatch Of Employee Needs & Job Demands

Burnout can be controlled at workplace by positive interventions that prevent mismatch between individual needs and job demands.

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First Investigational Treatment For Spinal Muscular Atrophy Yields Positive Results In Clinical Trials

First Investigational Treatment For Spinal Muscular Atrophy Yields Positive Results In Clinical Trials

A major milestone was reached when nusinersen was shown to improve achievement of motor milestones in babies with infantile-onset spinal muscular atrophy.

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Chemotherapy Drug Etoposide Used During Pregnancy Affects Future Fertility Of Female Offspring

Chemotherapy Drug Etoposide Used During Pregnancy Affects Future Fertility Of Female Offspring

Pregnant women with cancer, who use etoposide, may give birth to female babies who are likely to undergo an early menopause.

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Higher Levels of Weekly Physical Activity Shown To Lower Risk of Five Chronic Conditions

Higher Levels of Weekly Physical Activity Shown To Lower Risk of Five Chronic Conditions

A total level of 3000-4000 MET minutes of physical activity per week was required to potentially achieve larger reductions in the risk of five chronic diseases

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