AIDS deaths are falling in most countries worldwide, but the rate of new infections increased in several countries over the past decade, threatening to undermine efforts to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030, a new scientific paper shows.
The study...
Red wine.
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Let it be no misunderstanding: heavy alcohol intake has severe harmful effects. But already for several years, researchers have been finding that moderate wine intake can be beneficial in delaying the onset of cognitive...
Marijuana plant (stock image).
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Canada's Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines, released with the endorsement of key medical and public health organizations, provide 10 science-based recommendations to enable cannabis users to reduce their health risks. The guidelines, based...
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified antibodies capable of protecting against Zika virus infection, and located the precise spot on the Zika virus that the antibodies recognize. The work is a significant step...
Three out of four (75 per cent) people in the UK are unaware of the link between obesity and cancer, according to a new Cancer Research UK report.
The nationwide survey found that people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are less...
Pollution haze over South East London, through a window in a viewing area of the 95-storey skyscraper The Shard, the tallest building in Britain, in London, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. The London mayor's office says the city is experiencing...
New research sheds light on how obesity increases the risk of cancer.
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It's been well established that obesity is a contributor to cancer risk, but how it actually causes cancer is still a question...
There is heightened concern that exercise deficits are contributing to the growing obesity epidemic, particularly among children and teens.
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Physical activity among children and teens is lower than previously thought, and, in another surprise finding, young...
"You win some, you lose some." Using the word "you" suggests it could happen to anyone.
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Researchers say it may seem contradictory that a means of generalizing to people at large is used when reflecting...
Evidence Points to Animal Market, Not Lab, as Epicenter of Pandemic
In a new paper published in Science, UArizona virus expert Michael Worobey connects the dots from the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak and shows that an origin other than...
Legend of the image: left: notched raven bone from Zaskalnaya VI Neanderthal site, Crimea. center: experimental notching of a bird bone; right: sequences of experimentally made notches compared to those from Zaskalnaya VI.
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The cognitive abilities of...
