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11/02/2024 09:26:28 am

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Smoking

'Very Light' Smoking Can Still Put Women At Risk Of Having Heart Disease, Study Says

Many young women tend to smoke ‘very lightly’ and use this as an excuse to reassure themselves that they’re not heavy smokers, according to a new study.

Obese people

Study Says Obese People Have A Near To Impossible Chance Of Reaching Normal Weight

If you are overweight and you are considering living a healthy life, surely you will be given an advice to lose more weight to reduce the risks of having diseases.

Claudia Alexander

Galileo Project Manager Claudia Alexander Dies At 56

Claudia Alexander is known for being a brilliant scientist, she was the Project Manager for the Galileo spacecraft mission to Jupiter and had worked in the International Rosetta space exploration. Unfortunately, she died at the age of 56.

Screams

Human Scream Activates The Brain’s Fear Circuit, Study Says

What does screaming have that makes it a terrible sound for us humans? A new research from New York University that was published in the journal Current Biology has an explanation on why human screams are so awful.

Prosthetic Arm

New Lego Prosthetics Technology Enables Kids To Make Own Limbs

The prosthetic arm that can be fitted with Lego bricks is known as Iko. The Lego-compatible prosthetic arm lets kids design their own hand for their own comfort.

Mosquitoes

Mosquitoes Use Sense Of Smell To Locate Meals, Study Finds

Mosquitoes are really goodin looking for their meals, but before mosquitoes set their eyes on a new meal — primarily blood — it can already smell a host's blood from across a room.

North Pole

Russia, Denmark, Other Arctic Nations Prevent Fishing Around North Pole

According to Science Blog, a declaration was signed on July 16 to prevent the unregulated commercial fishing in high seas portion of central Arctic Ocean, the five countries involved in the said signing were Canada, the Kingdom of Denmark in respect of Greenland, the Kingdom of Norway, the Russian federation and the United States of America.

Breast Cancer Weight Gain

Breast Cancer Patients Tend To Gain Weight Post-Treatment — Study

Women with breast cancer might face a new challenge after their treatment, a new research suggests that those women with a family history of breast cancer tend to gain more weight compared to those women who are free of the said disease, According to Philly.Com

Mental Health Disorders

Study Finds Mental Health Disorders Tend To Affect Adulthood

Childhood is the backbone for children to learn things on their own, but sometimes, children experience things that make them struggle throughout their adult life.

Abortion March

Do Women Who Had Abortion Regret Killing Unborn Child?

Do women who decide to have abortions regret their decision? The general belief that women, after having an abortion, experience guilt and depression has been discredited by a new study.

Fetus And Specimens In Embalming Fluid

Embalmers' Exposure To Formldehyde Linked To Increased Risk Of Developing ALS

There is always a drawback for those people who work with chemicals. This is awfully true when researchers from the Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health discovered that people who use formaldehyde in embalming corpses in funeral homes are at increased risk for developing ALS or amyotropic lateral sclerosis, more commonly known as the Lou Gehrig's disease.

Cancer Survivors

Why Adoption Agencies Do Not Want Cancer Survivors To Adopt Kids

A study suggested that people who survive cancer may not only face the consequences of being infertile after the disease or treatment, but they may also experience the hardships of adoption to start their own family.

Diabetes Patient

Programs To Reduce Type 2 Diabetes Risk, Onset

Diabetes, being one of the most prevalent health problems in the whole world at present, has now new recommendations for a more effective way to prevent developing the disease or to reduce the risks of acquiring the disease. It was suggested that an organized diet and exercise program is the way to go.

MERS Outbreak

MERS Outbreak UPDATE: Gradual Recovery In Economies Noted In South Korea As MERS-CoV Outbreak Comes To A Halt

Seoul has reported Sunday that there have been no more additional cases of people infected with the Middle Ease Respiratory Syndrome - Corona Virus (MERS-CoV) for seven consecutive days.

Fish

Can Fish Oil Supplements Really Help Avoid High Medical Bills?

People have been aware of nutritional supplements over the past few years, and this popularity made some people to consume supplements that they think can be beneficial to them. They were looking for some alternative ways to improve their overall health so that they can avoid really high medical bills. One of this supplements is fish oil, which is taken from eating the fish itself or by taking fish oil supplements. Fish oil supplements are usually made from mackerel, tuna, salmon, seal blubber or whale blubber, according to WebMD.

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