Climate change presents tremendous challenges, especially for people in the Global South. Two international studies led by Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin have investigated how the population in sub-Saharan Africa is coping with rising…
Category: 8. Health
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Learning from the Global South: How do people cope with heat?
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A CrossFit-like race is booming in Asia, and young people are driving the surge
Hyrox, a timed fitness race that mixes running with workout stations, is selling out across Asia as young people fuel a booming wellness economy.
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Cannabis and Chronic Nerve Pain: The Results Aren’t What Many Expect
A comprehensive review of clinical trials finds little convincing evidence that cannabis-based medicines provide real relief for chronic nerve pain. An updated Cochrane review reports that there is still no clear evidence showing cannabis-based…
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Not Eating Enough Fiber? Your Cancer Risk Could Be Higher Than You Think
As the fibermaxxing trend gains attention, a Tufts expert explains why fiber matters for health and offers practical advice on meeting daily fiber intake goals How much fiber a person eats can strongly influence overall health. Adequate fiber…
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This Forgotten Cancer Vaccine’s Results Were So Unusual Scientists Revisited It 20 Years Later
New research suggests that a breast cancer vaccine developed decades ago may have triggered a lasting immune memory response that can now be significantly boosted by a newly developed antibody. More than two decades ago, a small group of women…
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Lessons From William H. Foege, A Global Health Legend
President Barack Obama looks to Bill Foege who was credited with the eradication of smallpox as he awards him the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, May 29, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Scientists Say Go Ahead, Keep Gooning
Adult content has never been as accessible as it is now, thanks to the internet. Hell, online smut played a major role in the rise of the web itself in the 1990s.
With that glut of porn, some have voiced concerns that some people are consuming…
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Why Many Human Conceptions Don’t Last Until Birth
While estimates of total pregnancy losses vary considerably, about 15% of known pregnancies end in miscarriage, and many other conceptions do not survive past the very early stages of pregnancy. The primary…
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Newly discovered immune 'traffic controller' can be hijacked by cytomegalovirus
Researchers from Monash University and the Lions Eye Institute have discovered a tissue protein that acts as a central ‘traffic controller’ for immune cells and can be hijacked by a virus to weaken immune responses.
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Scientists discover lung cancer's 'bodyguard system'—and how to disarm it
Scientists from A*STAR Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (A*STAR IMCB) have identified why certain lung cancer cells become highly resistant to treatment after developing mutations in a key gene called EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor).
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