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Weather changes can make heart disease worse
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Weather changes can make heart disease worse

This may sound a bit confusing and perhaps intuitive, but the connection between the cold of the weather and the heart attack has been hypothesized a few times.

December 14, 2018
A scary discovery in genetics
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A scary discovery in genetics

Psychological trauma or childhood stress can forever alter genes in the brain, Canadian researchers claim.

December 14, 2018
'Diet is useless for obese people'
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'Diet is useless for obese people'

The familiar advice for fat people is to reduce eating and exercise. But according to the leading expert in this field at Carel Le Roux, the Royal University of England,…

December 14, 2018
Religion reduces physical pain
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Religion reduces physical pain

For centuries, religious believers have shown that they can tolerate physical pain better than atheists.

December 14, 2018
Calcium with human health
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Calcium with human health

Calcium is particularly important for bone-tooth formation, coagulation, neuronal signaling and muscle contraction.

December 14, 2018
The girl bleeds herself
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The girl bleeds herself

Twinkle Dwivedi suffers from a disorder that keeps her constantly losing blood through the pores of her skin. Her rare illness confused Indian doctors.

December 14, 2018
What does your hand say?
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What does your hand say?

Hands with dry skin, cracked nails not only because you don't pay attention to taking care of your hands, but they also show your health status, ...

December 14, 2018
Girls are blind for 3 days per week
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Girls are blind for 3 days per week

An Australian girl has one of the most bizarre phenomena in the world: her eyes are closed every 3 days, then opened again in 3 days.

December 14, 2018
Eating 'moves' need to know
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Eating 'moves' need to know

You must have heard a lot about what food should be and should not be eaten, but do you know that it is the diet that affects health?

December 14, 2018
Molecule controls blood vessel growth
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Molecule controls blood vessel growth

The development and recovery of cardiac and vascular tissue is strongly linked to a small segment of ribonucleic acid (RNA) present only in one place in the body.

December 14, 2018