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Contrary to the results of previous scientific studies, older adults who took a non-prescription supplement of vitamin E or C did not show signs of reducing the risk of…
Two 4-year-old girls with identical twins have helped scientists discover breakthroughs in leukemia. Research can provide effective therapies that are less toxic to all…
Dental diseases can remain hidden in the mouth for many years without any symptoms, leading to gingivitis, decay and tooth decay. Now researchers at Sandia National Labo…
Israeli researchers say the food industry may adopt a method to reduce the risk of disease in high-fat foods. When consuming polyphenols simultaneously (natural compound…
Yoga creates a sense of well-being, and can reverse the manifestations of metabolic syndrome (high risks of heart disease such as hypertension, obesity and high blood su…
One out of every 800 people in the UK has Crohn's disease - chronic intestinal inflammation that causes pain, intestinal bleeding and diarrhea.
Researchers from Cambridge University, UK, have discovered why the treatment of ovarian cancer is only effective in half of patients with the disease.
Abdominal obesity is a factor that causes high-risk heart disease. According to a report of a study published in Circulation, the Journal of the American Heart Associati…
Time magazine has chosen 10 outstanding events of the medical industry promising to contribute achievements to change lives. In December 2006, the US National Institutes…
Dry eye disease caused by a lack of vitamin A, which is severely affected by blindness, is still a threat to children of many countries in the world including our countr…
According to a study published last Wednesday in Youth Health magazine, young people with sex education tend to have sex later after reaching the age of 15.
According to a new study by Japanese scientists published in the American journal Epidemilogy Wednesday, just drinking 5 cups of green tea or more each day can reduce th…
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) recently added a night shift to the list of potential risk factors for cancer. The list includes ultraviolet rays,…
The human body has 20,488 genes. Each cell contains all of these genes, but only certain genes work according to certain functions called active genes and functional gen…
The shorter the legs, the greater the risk of injury to the liver. Both of these can be the result of diet or other factors in the early stages of life, British research…