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Deaths in less developed countries set to surge from malaria, HIV and TB linked to COVID-19 disruptions
Over the next five years, deaths from [HIV, tuberculosis and malaria] could rise by as much as 10%, 20% and ...
Viewpoint: Germany’s pesticide use drops for 8th straight year, but anti-GMO groups say that’s not good enough
German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture data show that use of crop protection products, e.g. pesticides, went down last ...
Viewpoint: GMO vs non-GMO foods? There’s no difference to your body or health
What exactly happens when you eat a GMO? ...
Myocarditis and potential heart damage caused by COVID may be biggest challenge to resuscitating college sports
A small but growing body of evidence shows that COVID-19 can damage the heart, sometimes fatally, even in a previously ...
‘A new chapter in my life’: Woman gets second face transplant
Carmen Blandin Tarleton, 52, underwent her second operation for a new face in July after the transplant she received seven ...
GMO crops don’t cause infertility, systematic evidence review finds
A systematic review of published literature was conducted to determine genetically modified (GM) plants' potential impacts in infertility indices. Based ...
Metformin: First pill that purportedly treats age-related illnesses in review for approval for trials
In recent decades, we've come leaps and bounds in treating and preventing some of the world's leading age-related diseases, such as ...
Viewpoint: Media focus on COVID-19 deaths ignores lasting impact of ‘calamitous pandemic’
The media regularly reports about deaths from COVID-19 as if that is the whole story. But it's not. COVID-19 doesn't ...
Can acupuncture treat COVID-19?
[Researcher Qiufu] Ma and his team set out to investigate whether and how electric stimulation using acupuncture, which only involves ...
COVID and suicide: More than one quarter of young adults contemplated taking their life in the last two months
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new data drawn from a survey done June 24 through 30. The data ...
Natural immunity: Some people who have not gotten the virus may be naturally protected
[A] study, published in the journal Nature on [July 29], found that among a sample of 68 healthy adults in Germany who ...
Viewpoint: How body building culture and fad diets mislead consumers about protein
In most supermarket aisles you’re likely to come across at least one product that features ‘protein’ somewhere in the title ...
‘We have hit the iceberg’: NCAA doctors say playing college football in the fall is a bad idea
“I mean, I feel like the Titanic,” [Emory School of Medicine’s executive associate dean Carlos] del Rio said on [August ...
Worse than COVID19: Millions of deaths expected from other diseases as pandemic crisis sucks resources
Until this year, TB and its deadly allies, H.I.V. and malaria, were on the run. The toll from each disease ...
Vitamin D from sunshine or supplements does not reduce risk of depression
According to [a] study from Massachusetts General Hospital released [August 5], vitamin D, also known as the sunshine supplement, does ...
You are what your hair says you are: Follicles provide a map of your diet and health
Your mop can potentially shed light on whether you prefer veggie burgers or cheeseburgers, a new study has suggested. Researchers ...
Fewer infants test positive for the coronavirus. Understanding why could help all of us
The initial data suggest that infants make up a small fraction of people who have tested positive for COVID-19. A ...
As COVID rages, here’s now Notre Dame is bringing in-school instruction back
Hundreds of thousands of students will descend on campuses around the country in coming weeks, beginning their fall terms under ...
Why SARS disappeared in 2003 while the coronavirus keeps on spreading
The unusual cases of pneumonia began to appear in midwinter, in China. The cause, researchers would later learn, was a ...
Star Wars inspired ‘electronic artificial skin’ can restore the sense of touch for prosthetic users
[A] device, dubbed ACES, or Asynchronous Coded Electronic Skin, is made up of 100 small sensors and is about 1 ...
Back to normal by Christmas? By spring? COVID-19 eludes timelines
Many prominent business and political leaders downplayed the pandemic in its early stages. As a result, most business owners and ordinary citizens initially perceived ...
Do you have the virus? Wearable gadgets might provide clues
For the past three weeks I’ve worn an Oura ring, Fitbit, Garmin fitness band and Apple Watch, along with two ...
Mosquito relief: Grapefruit-scented natural insect repellent with nootkatone heading to stores
The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it had approved a new ingredient, called nootkatone, that repels and kills mosquitoes and ticks ...
Permanent readjustment: Why COVID-19 is here to stay
If there was ever a time when this coronavirus could be contained, it has probably passed. One outcome is now ...
‘Humans often do dumb things’: ‘Unsettling similarities’ between responses to COVID-19 and the flea-driven 14th century black death
The flea-driven plague, also known as the “Great Mortality,” overran Eurasia and North Africa from 1347 to 1353, killing tens ...
Video: Sperm are ‘spinners not swimmers’—because they are lopsided
Research by fertility scientists in the UK and Mexico challenges the accepted view of how sperm “swim”, suggesting that it ...
Swapping red meat for plant-based beef may cut cardiovascular disease risk
Swapping out red meat for certain plant-based meat alternatives can improve some cardiovascular risk factors, according to a new study ...
