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The risk of infection when sharing steam instruments
A new study shows that the use of wood-based wind instruments has increased the risk of infection with saliva-borne diseases, especially in schools.
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The risk of dispersing smallpox virus through biological weapons
Russia and the US say that more research is needed to create safer vaccines against deadly diseases that have been wiped out more than 30 years ago.
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Less eating red meat avoids cancer
The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) says there is growing evidence that red meat and processed meat increase the risk of bowel cancer.
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Human health depends on 2kg of germs
Weight loss of Prevotella bacteria group leads to the risk of some diseases. In the conclusion of a study, scientists have determined that in the human body there are ab…
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There is a link between Agent Orange and kidney cancer
Researchers from the Louisiana Center for Veterans' Health Center have found that in US veterans exposed to Agent Orange / dioxin in Vietnam there is a link between this…
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Apples help prolong life
Scientists have published the first evidence of the use of an antioxidant in apples that will extend the average life expectancy by 10% on test animals.
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Diabetic patients are at increased risk of cancer
A recent study by US scientists confirmed that people with diabetes are more likely to get cancer than others.
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70,000 Vietnamese people can die from cigarette smoke
With 15 million smokers and more than 4 million pipe smokers, Vietnam is in the
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Strange woman allergic to ... electrical goods
A British woman is living away from the comforts of modern life due to a rare disease: allergy to electrical appliances.
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Artificial human brain will be born in the next 10 years
A group of German and Swiss scientists has just built
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Blood tests can detect Alzheimer's disease
Scientists at McGill University Medical Research Institute (MUHC), based in Montreal (Canada), have found a simple blood test that can identify Alzheimer's disease early.
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Skin cells can replace liver diseases
Scientists at the Royal Australian Hospital in Sydney have just released a study that shows that it is possible to convert the function of skin cells into liver cells.
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To reduce blood cholesterol
Cardiovascular disease is the highest cause of death in modern society and the direct cause is due to high blood cholesterol levels.
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Human lung stem cells are able to replicate themselves
US scientists say they have established human lung stem cells capable of replicating themselves as well as forming and binding the multi-biological structures of the lun…
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Sugar increases the therapeutic effect of antibiotics
A recent study by scientists at Boston University and published in the journal Nature today affirmed that sugar not only makes it easier to take medicine but also promot…