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South American forests had lost their ability to store carbon and were releasing it into the air due to an El Niño climate event which resulted in hot temperatures and drought eight years ago.
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El Niño forces South American forests to release carbon rather than store

HQ Team September 5, 2023: South American forests had lost their ability to store carbon and were releasing it into the air due

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Australian researchers have discovered an oral drug to treat excess bad cholesterol in the blood, a condition that raises the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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New oral drug may help treat bad cholesterol in 5 years’ time

HQ Team September 5, 2023: Australian researchers have discovered an oral drug to treat excess bad cholesterol in the blood, a condition that

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Dengue has claimed the lives of 569 people in  Bangladesh since it started in the last week of April, making it the largest outbreak the South Asian nation has ever witnessed. 
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Dengue kills 569 people in Bangladesh, WHO drafts response plan

HQ Team September 4, 2023: Dengue has claimed the lives of 569 people in  Bangladesh since it started in the last week of

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Semaglutide based weightloss drugs tied to increased suicide risk in a new study
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Novo Nordisk’s weight-loss drug Wegovy enters the UK market 

HQ Team September 4, 2023: Novo Nordisk, a Danish drugmaker, announced its weight-loss medicine, Wegovy, will be available in the UK in a

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Users of marijuana, the third most commonly used drug in the world, have high levels of lead and cadmium metals in their blood and urine, according to a study.
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Marijuana users have higher levels of lead, cadmium in blood, urine

HQ Team September 4, 2023: Users of marijuana, the third most commonly used drug in the world, have high levels of lead and

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The jury is still out on which virus causes chronic fatigue syndrome, its diagnosis, the treatment options, and even its very terminology. Molecular biologists at the Cornell University revisited the syndrome, which is also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and found it may be triggered by viral infections.
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Jury still out on chronic fatigue syndrome’s causes, treatment

HQ Team September 3, 2023: The jury is still out on which virus causes chronic fatigue syndrome, its diagnosis, the treatment options, and

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A simple blood test can diagnose Parkinson’s disease which afflicts more than 10 million people globally, according to researchers at the Duke University Health Systems.
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Simple blood test can diagnose Parkinson’s Disease at an early stage

HQ Team September 2, 2023: A simple blood test can diagnose Parkinson’s disease which afflicts more than 10 million people globally, according to

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Scientists have converted cancer cells to healthy ones to treat a devastating pediatric cancer through a method called differentiation therapy.
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US scientists unveil treatment to convert cancer cells into healthy ones

HQ Team September 3, 2023: Scientists have converted cancer cells to healthy ones to treat a devastating pediatric cancer through a method called

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Kidney cells placed in an implantable device in pigs can mimic several functions of the organ without triggering the recipient’s immune system to attack, scientists found.
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UCSF scientists mold a ‘bioreactor’ to replace dialysis

HQ Team September 2, 2023: Kidney cells placed in an implantable device in pigs can mimic several functions of the organ without triggering

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Children living in the Central African Republic, Chad, Nigeria, Guinea, Somalia and Guinea-Bissau are most vulnerable to cyclones, heat waves, access to essential services and other environmental shocks, a new UN report revealed.
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African children most at risk to climate change, UN calls for more funds 

HQ Team September 2, 2023: Children living in the Central African Republic, Chad, Nigeria, Guinea, Somalia and Guinea-Bissau are most vulnerable to cyclones,

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