
The knowledge and discoveries that we have today, we owe it to our astronauts or men of space who are considered to be heroes for giving their lives for the sake of science. Lately its was found out by NASA researchers that astronauts who spend six months or more in outer space have the possibility […]
Friday November 11 2011, 2:42 PM EDT | Posted in
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Salt has provided us with many benefits and uses, but just lately this precious mineral was greatly challenged by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration after a long day hearing last November 10, 2011, wherein strategies were discussed on how to help Americans cut the salt from their diets. World Health Organization and the American […]
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US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton campaigned on an “AIDS-FREE GENERATION” during her speech last Tuesday at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. In her speech, she encouraged the United States and other countries to develop and use scientific discoveries and technology for the attainment of humanity free from the deadly AIDS. […]
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The WHO or the World Health Organization has recommended the need to strengthen the research on health equity focused on health social determinants as based on an extensive review on global evidence. In order to do this recommendation from the WHO, there is a need for a paradigm shift that will explicitly address social, economic […]
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A meta-analysis has been conducted and recently published in Plos Medicine suggesting the effect of physical activity in a common genetic trait that causes obesity and fat mass. It was found out that physical activity can alter and modify the effect of our genes that causes weight gain. The effect of this certain gene diminishes […]
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A new study co-funded by the French Ministry of Research and Technology has been conducted by scientists in New Caledonia where annual cases of leptospirosis can reach as high as 500 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Leptospirosis is an endemic disease in many tropical and sub-tropical countries worldwide. It is considered to be very high. Scientists […]
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A new study conducted in the United States released its findings Wednesday saying that people who took chest X-ray screening for lung cancer don’t have higher survival rate as compared those who failed to have their chest X-ray screening. The new study is a follow-up of an earlier study that was already published in the […]
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The result of a new international study has been released Wednesday saying that the vaccine used by women to prevent cervical cancer can be also used to prevent anal cancers for gay men. The vaccine which is used by women to protect themselves from sexually transmitting the disease HPV has also been shown with good […]
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In a global scale, there are about 250 million people suffering from diabetes and the reported cases are increasing yearly. A recent medical study has been conducted to understand better type 2 diabetes as its causes are poorly understood making it hard to prevent. A team of 11 researchers headed by Roman Pfister, analyzed carefully […]
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A report was released Monday during a major medical conference in the United States suggesting coffee to have a positive effect against skin cancer. For most female coffee drinkers, there are multiple scientific evidences about coffee’s good effects on skin cancer’s most common form worldwide. The report indicated that women who drink more than 3 […]
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