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Health Medical Research

“Phantom chemical” in US drinking water raises health concerns

HQ Team November 23, 2024: A study has finally identified a previously unknown chemical, chloronitramide anion, lurking in drinking water across the United States,

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social media addiction and associated mental health issues amon kids
Health Medical Research

75% of Facebook users share political content without reading

HQ Team November 23, 2024: Social media has become a part of our social fabric. Research shows that people spend on an average

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Extreme heat due to climate change, combined with wildfires and desert dust, is having a pernicious effect on air quality, human health and the environment, a WMO report stated.
Climate Health Research

Air pollution linked to increased risk of head and neck cancers

HQ Team November 22, 2024: Air pollution is a human carcinogenic and is associated with lung, breast and gastric cancers. Long-term exposure to

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Health Medical

Wearable ultrasound patch to measure blood pressure

HQ Team November 22, 2024: Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, have developed a wearable ultrasound patch that continuously monitors blood

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Moderna Inc., a biotechnology company, and Merck announced that an experimental personalised cancer vaccine, based on the messenger RNA (mRNA) technology, has received Breakthrough Therapy Designation from the USFDA.
Health Research

Research identifies RNA structures linked to Parkinson’s

HQ Team November 20, 2024: A team of researchers from Kumamoto University has found that unique RNA structures known as G-quadruplexes (G4s) facilitate

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A drug that mimics the benefits of rigorous exercise has been developed on mice by scientists at the University of Florida.
Health

Personality traits influence physical activity and sedentary behavior

HQ team November 20, 2024: Your inclination to get up from the couch to go for a run or remain slouched there is

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More than 30 nations, which combined account for 47% of global methane emissions from organic waste, signed a pact to reduce levels by 2030.
Climate Health Medical

Pact to cut methane emissions from organic waste signed at COP29

More than 30 nations, which combined account for 47% of global methane emissions from organic waste, signed a pact to reduce levels by

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A sedentary lifestyle of more than 10.6 hours a day increases heart disease by up to 60%, according to a study by Mass General Brigham researchers.
Health Medical Pharma

Sitting for 10.6 hours a day increases heart disease risk by 60%

A sedentary lifestyle of more than 10.6 hours a day increases heart disease by up to 60%, according to a study by Mass

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Alzheimer's disease has an initial silent and slow phase before the second stage of a destructive accumulation of plaques, tangles and other symptoms occurs, a brain-mapping study funded by the National Institutes of Health finds.
Health Uncategorized

EU regulators reverse course, approve Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi

HQ Team November 19, 2024: The European Medicines Agency (EMA) granted conditional approval for lecanemab, for the treatment of early Alzheimer’s disease in

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The WHO says close to 18 million people die due to cardiovascular disease every year out of which maximum deaths are due to SCA. Heart attacks occur when there is a blockage in one or more of the arteries to the heart, preventing the heart from receiving enough oxygen-rich blood.
Pharma

Eli Lilly’s pill for genetic high cholesterol cuts risk by 86% in trial 2

HQ Team November 19, 2024: Eli Lilly announced promising results from its Phase 2 clinical trial of muvalaplin, an oral medication designed to

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