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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Worst disease outbreak in 20 years strikes Australia - what you need to know

Australian children under the age of two are at risk of contracting pneumococcal disease as the country battles the worst outbreak in 20 years. The Immunisation Foundation of Australia warned there could be a deadly jump in cases in 2025 if new vaccines targeting more deadly strains of pneumococcal failed to be fast-tracked by the federal government. Six-month-old Mabel Goya …

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4 weeks ago

Why winter makes you more vulnerable to colds – a nurse explains the science

Raw Story

By Libby Richards/Professor of Nursing, Purdue University You’ve probably heard “Don’t go outside in the winter with your hair wet or without a coat; you’ll catch a cold.” That’s not exactly true. Many viruses, including rhinovirus – the usual culprit for the common cold – influenza, and SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, remain infectious longer and replicate faster in …

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1 month ago

Superfood List 2024: Including THESE 3 foods in your diet can be boon for your health, know benefits

India TV News

If you want to stay healthy, then definitely include superfoods in your diet. Three new foods mushrooms, pulses and salmon fish have been included in the Superfood 2024 List. The new superfoods of 2024 Pulses and beans- Many pulses and beans have also been included in the list of new superfoods this year. Salmon Fish - The healthiest fish, salmon, …

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Eyeballs missing, chopping wound, reveals autopsy of kidnapped Manipur infant

India Today

Chilling details have emerged from the autopsy reports of six members of a family whose bodies were found floating in a river in Manipur a few days ago. The latest autopsy report from Silchar Medical College and Hospital revealed that a 10-month-old boy named Laishram Lamnganba had both eyeballs missing from the sockets and his body in a state of …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Shandong shines at 26th CHTF

China Daily

The 26th China High-Tech Fair, one of the largest and most influential technology exhibitions in China, was held in Shenzhen from Nov 14 to 16. Shandong province arranged for 15 representative enterprises to showcase over 100 innovative products, fully demonstrating the overall strength of Shandong's industrial and manufacturing sectors. The participating enterprises covered a wide range of fields, including energy …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

We now know how the first cell membranes formed to begin life on Earth

India Today

A new study from the University of California San Diego has potentially unlocked one of life's greatest mysteries: how the first cell membranes formed on Earth billions of years ago. The challenge was to explain how simple, short-chain fatty molecules abundant on early Earth could form the longer chains necessary for cell membranes, without the presence of enzymes or high …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Neuroscientists Reset Brain Cells to Treat Addiction

Live Mint

Neuroscientists are conducting a radical experiment using focused ultrasound waves to reset cells inside the brain's reward center in an attempt to treat addictions ranging from drugs like opioids and methamphetamine to gambling and eating. The procedure involves using ultrasound waves to vibrate cell membranes in this area to disrupt those connections and reset them. The hope is that by …

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4 months, 1 week ago

New Hampshire resident dies after contracting mosquito-borne encephalitis virus

The Independent

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A New Hampshire resident has died after testing positive for Eastern …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Vigyan Yuva awardee Aravind Penmatsa: Exploring proteins in neuronal membranes

Hindustan Times

Both winners in the Biological Sciences category of this year’s Yuva Vigyan Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar awards study membrane proteins, molecules in the cell membrane that transport materials and exchange signals. Aravind Penmatsa of the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, describes his work with membrane proteins in neurons. These roles are performed by different types of membrane proteins, which are involved …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

This Is the Most Detailed Map of Human Brain Connections Ever Made

Wired

This image could be hung in a gallery, but it started life as a tiny chunk of a woman’s brain. This cubic millimeter of tissue has allowed Harvard and Google researchers to produce the most detailed wiring diagram of the human brain that the world has ever seen. Biologists and machine-learning experts spent 10 years building an interactive map of …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Killswitch engage: Tumor-bursting nanorobots triggered by acid-sensitive origami switch

Salon

Scientists at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden announced in a paper on Monday that they have developed nanorobots which kill cancer cells using a specialized trigger. The Karolinska Institute's researchers developed nanostructures called an origami switch using DNA as its building material. "This hexagonal nanopattern of peptides becomes a lethal weapon," study co-author Professor Björn Högberg at the Department of …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Recipes and tips: the ingredients nutritionists swear by for healthy summer skin

The Independent

As the sun climbs higher and the days last longer, I start to think not just about how to enjoy the summer, but how to look and feel my best while doing so. Aubergine dhal with coriander dip open image in gallery Packed with wholefoods and fibre, this aubergine dhal is good for your gut microbiome Ingredients: For the aubergine: …

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7 months ago

Why providers say abortion ban exceptions continue to cause confusion

NPR

Why providers say abortion ban exceptions continue to cause confusion toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images North America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — When Dr. Rachel Humphrey went to medical school, she says she never imagined caring for her patients could land her in prison. Humphrey says an exemption to protect a pregnant person’s life makes sense on the surface, but that it …

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8 months ago

Florida clarified abortion rules after enacting ban. Doctors say it's "gaslighting" and unhelpful

Salon

One day after Florida’s six-week abortion went into effect, the state’s Agency for Health Care Administration issued clarifying “rules” in the face of what the agency called a “deeply dishonest scare campaign and disinformation” by the media, the Biden Administration, and advocacy groups to misrepresent the new law. But in Florida’s attempt to clarify the rules, doctors tell Salon it’s …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Liquid nitrogen in foods draws Tamil Nadu’s ire, yet again

The Hindu

A week ago, a video of a child screaming went viral on social media. The Tamil Nadu government issued an advisory banning the use of liquid nitrogen in food and warned of stringent action against violators. In August 2017, the then Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan said in Rajya Sabha that the government would investigate the addition of liquid nitrogen …

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11 months ago

Medical Examiner Says Baby Decapitated During Delivery Died By Homicide

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING A medical examiner’s office on Tuesday said that homicide was the manner of death for a Georgia baby who was decapitated during delivery, months after the boy’s parents claimed in a lawsuit that their hospital and doctor tried to cover up what happened. In a Wednesday statement to HuffPost, attorneys representing St. Julian claimed that the baby’s …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

The fungi that can freeze water better than bacteria | Explained

The Hindu

Water doesn’t always freeze at 0 degrees C. Unlike what we have been taught in school, the transformation of liquid water into ice is more nuanced than dropping the temperature down to its freezing point. To correctly orient themselves to create a crystalline structure, water molecules also need an initiation point, or a nucleus – a place that can serve …

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1 year ago

IMD issues health advisory amid cold wave in northern India; severe cold likely for two more days

New Indian Express

A long exposure increases episodes of wheezing, coughing and shortness of breath and deteriorates asthma, bronchitis and other lung-related health problems, irritating the membranes of the eye and causing various infections leading to redness or swelling of the eye. It further added that the severe weather condition is likely to continue over some parts of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar …

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1 year ago

A Far-Right Court Just Admitted a Truth That Abortion Foes Want to Hide

Slate

When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, it claimed to be removing the judiciary from the abortion debate. Texas law reflects the anti-abortion movement’s fundamental hostility toward any health exceptions; it permits emergency abortions only when a patient is “at risk of death” or “substantial impairment of a major bodily function.” Any doctor who terminates a pregnancy before this …

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1 year ago

Inside California’s plan to transform sewage into drinkable water

LA Times

It’s Tuesday, Dec. 19. California’s State Water Resources Control Board is set to approve new regulations today that would allow suppliers to begin treating wastewater and providing it to households across the state. “The new rules represent a major milestone in California’s efforts to stretch supplies by recycling more of the water that flows down drains,” my colleague Ian James …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Fenugreek can help control blood sugar, cholesterol; 7 wonderful benefits

Hindustan Times

Fresh fenugreek or methi leaves are abundant in winter season and is looked forward to by everyone for flavour as well as nutrition. Seeds were used as hair packs and face packs too," says Smita Khanna Roy Chowdhury, Lifestyle Coach, Golf View healthcare & Research Institute Fenugreek, also known as methi, methya, menthya, vendhayam or venthayam menthulu, brings with it …

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1 year, 1 month ago

World COPD Day 2023: Winter season can worsen symptoms

India TV News

Winter can pose challenges for individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease due to several reasons. Apart from this, the winter season is associated with an increased risk of respiratory infections like the flu and common cold. Precautions for COPD during winter: Dr Viswesvaran Balasubramanian, Consultant Interventional Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, Yashoda Hospitals Hyderabad, a few precautions for COPD patients during …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Bluetongue virus spreads to over 300 farms, 400 animals are dead

Dutch News

The bluetongue virus first identified on four Dutch sheep farms earlier this month has now been identified on 319 farms nationwide, according to data collected by food and product safety board NVWA. The first four cases were in Noord-Holland and Utrecht and the virus is so far largely confined to the central part of the country, the NVWA said. Nevertheless, …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Bluetongue virus spreads to over 300 farms, 400 animals are dead

Dutch News

The bluetongue virus first identified on four Dutch sheep farms earlier this month has now been identified on 319 farms nationwide, according to data collected by food and product safety board NVWA. The first four cases were in Noord-Holland and Utrecht and the virus is so far largely confined to the central part of the country, the NVWA said. Nevertheless, …

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Worst disease outbreak in 20 years strikes Australia - what you need to know

Why winter makes you more vulnerable to colds – a nurse explains the science

Superfood List 2024: Including THESE 3 foods in your diet can be boon for your health, know benefits

Eyeballs missing, chopping wound, reveals autopsy of kidnapped Manipur infant

Shandong shines at 26th CHTF

We now know how the first cell membranes formed to begin life on Earth

Neuroscientists Reset Brain Cells to Treat Addiction

New Hampshire resident dies after contracting mosquito-borne encephalitis virus

Vigyan Yuva awardee Aravind Penmatsa: Exploring proteins in neuronal membranes

This Is the Most Detailed Map of Human Brain Connections Ever Made

Killswitch engage: Tumor-bursting nanorobots triggered by acid-sensitive origami switch

Recipes and tips: the ingredients nutritionists swear by for healthy summer skin

Why providers say abortion ban exceptions continue to cause confusion

Florida clarified abortion rules after enacting ban. Doctors say it's "gaslighting" and unhelpful

Liquid nitrogen in foods draws Tamil Nadu’s ire, yet again

Medical Examiner Says Baby Decapitated During Delivery Died By Homicide

The fungi that can freeze water better than bacteria | Explained

IMD issues health advisory amid cold wave in northern India; severe cold likely for two more days

A Far-Right Court Just Admitted a Truth That Abortion Foes Want to Hide

Inside California’s plan to transform sewage into drinkable water

Fenugreek can help control blood sugar, cholesterol; 7 wonderful benefits

World COPD Day 2023: Winter season can worsen symptoms

Bluetongue virus spreads to over 300 farms, 400 animals are dead

Bluetongue virus spreads to over 300 farms, 400 animals are dead