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Google fighting with age and death?
Google has stepped into the medical field with the establishment of a subsidiary called Calico that specializes in anti-aging methods, reducing mortality and prolonging…
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He paved the way for sterile doctrine
Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis has always been worried because the mortality rate of puerperal fever is too high and has been keeping track of this phenomenon.
Science story
The corpse revives while taking organs from the body
The rare event caused the press to raise a lengthy debate among bioethics.
Medicine - Health
How dangerous is acute pancreatitis?
Patients with acute pancreatitis with hemorrhagic necrosis mortality rate of more than 90%, common in people with gallstones, drinking alcohol, increasing blood fat.
Medicine - Health
People with blood type O are more likely to die when injured
According to the Telegraph, data from 901 emergency patients in Japan showed that the O-fatal mortality rate was 28%. Meanwhile, the mortality rate in other blood groups…
Medicine - Health
Green plants help filter water, reduce mortality in children due to diarrhea
There are many trees at the water source that help improve water quality, thereby reducing the rate of children dying from diarrhea.
Medicine - Health
Can coffee drinking habits help reduce the risk of death from dangerous diseases?
After 10 years of research, American scientists have found that drinking coffee regularly can help reduce mortality due to various causes, including cardiovascular disea…
Medicine - Health
Obesity paradox: Fatty people have the lowest risk of death
People often think that obese people have poor health but according to statistics, ironically there are still many overweight people, but that helps them avoid quite a l…
Medicine - Health
70% of people die from Ebola epidemic in West Africa
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) on October 14, the proportion of deaths due to Ebola virus infection in West Africa is up to 70%.
Medicine - Health
Death test
A simple blood test is enough to predict a person's ability to die from illness in the next 5 years, as well as to identify the health status of the subject.
Medicine - Health
The Alzheimer's mortality rate in the United States is on par with cancer
The mortality rate from Alzheimer's disease is as high as the death rate from heart disease and cancer. This is the result of a new study of the Medical Center of Rush U…
Medicine - Health
A handful of nuts every day reduces the risk of premature death
A recent study showed that people who ate nuts every day were less likely to die than 20% compared to those who never ate.
Medicine - Health
MERS-CoV virus is less likely to spread into epidemics
Although there is a high mortality rate, the Middle East respiratory syndrome corona virus (MERS-CoV) is less likely to turn into epidemics such as the SARS virus, becau…
Medicine - Health
Loneliness shortens life expectancy
Scientists in China have discovered that living alone, separated from herds leads to increased mortality, according to MIT Technology Review.
Medicine - Health
Women who quit smoking before age 40 will live up to 9 years
Women's lifespan can increase by 9 years if they quit smoking before age 40, however, they still face a 20% higher mortality rate than women who have never smoked.