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If you want to keep your heart healthy, add a good night’s rest to your to-do list, a new study suggests. At cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide, claiming an estimated 18 million lives each year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In the United States, the scenario is no different […]

Although it is recognized as something bad, the cholesterol performs important functions in the human body. It is part of the structure of the body’s cells and is essential for the production of some hormones and vitamins. Cholesterol also forms bile acids, which are substances that act in digestion. Cholesterol becomes a problem when there […]

The Balance company recommended the suspension of the use and consumption of pet treats after confirmation of contamination with ethylene glycol. Ethylene glycol is a highly toxic organic solvent that causes kidney and liver failure and can even lead to death when ingested. In a statement, the brand states that it recalls three batches of […]

The World Health Organization (WHO), in a new report, warned that almost 500 million people will develop heart disease, obesity or other diseases attributed to physical inactivity between 2020 and 2030. The document contains data from 194 countries and shows the slow progress of nations towards the creation of public policies that can reverse this […]

The United States shipped Gilead Sciences’ antiviral (GILD.O) and Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc’s investigational Ebola antibody drug MBP134 to Uganda last week to help protect healthcare workers responding to an outbreak that infected 60 people and killed 44, US government sources told Reuters. There are currently no vaccines or proven treatments for the Sudanese species of […]

Although it did little to cause the climate crisis, the Africa suffers disproportionately from its impacts. That’s what 16 editors of the main biomedical journals on the continent claim, who warn that the damage to African countries should be of paramount concern for all nations. More than 250 scientific journals around the world have come […]

One new study published this week provides evidence that people aged 50 and over, who sleep five hours or less at night, have a higher risk of developing various chronic diseases as they age compared to people who sleep more. The study, published in the journal PLOS Medicine, took a closer look at a group […]

Scientists are uncovering new insights into the connection between the use of certain hair straightening products, such as chemical relaxers and products that use pressure straighteners, and the risk of cancer in women. Ongoing research has previously suggested that hair straightening chemicals are associated with an increased risk of certain hormone-related cancers, including breast and […]

the virus of monkey pox can be spread into the environment in closed hospital settings such as isolation rooms, particularly from skin particles and in debris from lesions and crusts formed by disease. The virus is relatively resistant and, under appropriate conditions, can remain infectious on surfaces for weeks, creating a potential risk of infection […]

In more than two years of Covid-19 pandemic the reasons why some people simply have not been infected by the coronavirus still intrigue scientists around the world. Researchers at the University of Oxford in the UK may have found pieces to this great puzzle. The study, published in the journal Nature Medicinepoints out how certain […]