Thu 23 July 2021: According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, life expectancy in the United States fell for the first time since World War II last year, expanding the gap between the United States and comparable countries. The average lifespan for Americans in 2020 fell by a year and a half, […]
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Mon 19 July 2021: French prosthetics maker Carmat said Monday it had sold one of its artificial hearts for the first time since its 2008 founding, for implantation into an Italian patient awaiting a transplant. The operation “was performed by the team headed by heart surgeon Dr Ciro Maiello at the Azienda Ospedaliera dei Colli […]
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Sat 17 July 2021: An international study of 55 countries has shown a marked increase in the number of overweight women globally, with wealthy, educated and urban women heavier than their counterparts. PhD candidate Md. Mehedi Hasan from The University of Queensland’s Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) said the number of overweight women increased in 50 countries in 1990 […]
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Fri 16 July 2021: Researchers from University of Queensland (UQ) have discovered a potentially life-saving treatment for heart attack, from a very unlikely source, the venom of one of the world’s deadliest spiders. University of Queensland (UQ) researchers have learnt that the poison from the deadly funnel-web spider contains a molecule that can buy time when […]
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Thu 15 July 2021: As millions of people get their shots of COVID-19 vaccines on a daily basis, the question if the vaccination is safe for pregnant and breastfeeding women is still being researched. According to recent research launched by U.S. experts, women who are breastfeeding don’t have to stop after they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 […]
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Wed 14 July 2021: Australian scientists say they have developed pain-free blood sugar testing for diabetics, a non-invasive strip that checks glucose levels via saliva. For diabetics, managing their blood sugar levels typically means pricking their fingers multiple times a day with a lancet and then placing a drop of blood on a testing strip. […]
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Mon 12 July 2021: The findings of a new study suggest that all it takes is three consecutive nights of sleep loss to cause your mental and physical well-being to greatly deteriorate. A new study published in Annals of Behavioral Medicine looked at the consequences of sleeping fewer than six hours for eight consecutive nights […]
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Tue 29 June 2021: New Zealand researchers have created “world-first weight loss device” against global obesity, but it is the stuff of horrors for many on social media. The device, dubbed DentalSlim Diet Control, uses magnetic devices fitted to the top and bottom rear teeth to restrict people from opening their mouth any wider than […]
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Wed 23 June 2021: Hand sanitizers, an ubiquitous presence during the coronavirus pandemic, threatens users with nausea, dizziness and occasional adverse events requiring treatment by healthcare providers, the US food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned on Tuesday. “FDA reviewed case reports submitted to FDA and cases from calls to US poison control centers of adverse […]
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Fri 04 June 2021: A study with cell cultures suggests that the experimental drug Tempol may be a promising antiviral treatment for COVID-19, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) said on Thursday. “Tempol can limit SARS-CoV-2 infection by impairing the activity of a viral enzyme called RNA replicase,” the NIH said in a press release. […]
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