Health

By now, health scientists and many people are well aware that breathing poor quality air will likely shorten your life. Living in the city has…
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Children with low social status or behavioral problems often do worse at school. British researchers have now shown in two studies that the genes are…
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Imagine the following: Your doctor prescribes you a medicine and tells you frankly: it does not contain any active ingredients, it is a placebo, but…
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Since its identification as the cause of the Acquired ImmunoDeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in 1983, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has received great attention, and not…
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Adolescents that start drinking early have been shown to have a much higher likelihood to become addicted later on. The alcohol itself may be responsible….
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The connection between the digestive system and the brain is not something new to scientists; the term “gut-brain axis” has been around ever since studies…
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Life starts with a fertilized egg (an embryo). The number of cells within the embryo then increases through cell division, and the embryonic cells further…
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How do we avoid becoming sick? Several lines of evidence suggest that the emotion of disgust helps to stop us from becoming sick by reducing…
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In order to read fluently, children also need to understand what is in front of them. Researchers from Florida have now investigated how closely the…
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Cancer is the second-most common cause of death in developed countries. The statistics suggest that, in the next 20 years, the number of global cancer…
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The introduction of The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy begins like this: “Space,” it says, “is big. Really big. You just won’t believe how…
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