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A study warns: A modern low-carb diet may double the risk of heart disease!
A study finds that following the keto diet may increase the risk of fatal cardiovascular disease.
The low-carb diet has become incredibly popular in recent years as a powerful weight-loss tool, with an estimated 13 million Americans…
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Russian military scientists create artificial limbs and implants made of carbon fibres
Military scientists from the IRA Military Innovations Complex in Anapa, southern Russia, have devised a method for producing and implanting internal prostheses made of carbon fibres.
They are developing ways to test it for…
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Why does changing weather cause exacerbation of diseases?
Dr. Olesa Savelyeva revealed a group of diseases that can be exacerbated by a change in weather.
The doctor points out that changing weather exacerbates many chronic diseases that people suffer from: asthma, chronic joint diseases,…
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How meningitis-causing bacteria invade the brain
Bacteria can slip into the brain by commandeering cells in the brain’s protective layers, a new study finds. The results hint at how a deadly infection called bacterial meningitis takes hold.
In mice infected with meningitis-causing…
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Medicated eye drops may delay nearsightedness in children
An eye drop a day could keep myopia at bay — at least temporarily.
Using nightly eye drops with 0.05 percent atropine, a medication that relaxes the eye muscle responsible for focusing vision, may delay myopia onset in children,…
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‘Mommy brain’ doesn’t capture how the brain transforms during pregnancy
Pregnancy shrinks parts of the brain. That sounds bad. Throw in the forgetfulness and fogginess, or “momnesia,” that many moms report, and what’s left is the notion that for the brain, the transition to motherhood is a net loss.
“I see…
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A new biomaterial heals heart attack damage in animals. Humans could be next
A new biomaterial delivered to the heart soon after a heart attack can heal damaged tissue from the inside out.
Heart attacks kill cardiac muscle tissue, scarring the heart and leaving permanent damage after just six hours. The damage…
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UK’s ethnic minority no longer at higher risk of COVID-19 deaths, latest data reveals
Ethnic minorities in the UK are no longer significantly more likely to die of COVID-19, the BBC reported on Wednesday.
Early in the pandemic, deaths involving coronavirus were the highest among Bangladeshis, Black Caribbeans, and…
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Study: Blood type affects the risk of premature stroke
Research has shown that people with type A blood are more likely to have a stroke before the age of 60 than people with other blood types.
In a study published last year, genome researchers uncovered a clear link between the A1 subset gene…
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Scientists explain the mystery of the death of men before women
Despite the high average age of the population in Germany, men still die about 5 years before women, according to statistics from the Federal Statistical Office in Germany.
Scientists looked at the reasons that might lead to this result,…
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