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When the body weakens?
Medicine - Health

When the body weakens?

After a decade-long study, the top US health consultants recently revealed a timetable for the weakening of body organs.

December 14, 2018
'Antiviral drugs may be wasteful for the elderly'
Medicine - Health

'Antiviral drugs may be wasteful for the elderly'

A model for treatment and infection of influenza shows that if the current swine flu epidemic is as fluent as the 1918 flu, antiviral treatments should be reserved for y…

December 14, 2018
Why eat less and prolong life
Medicine - Health

Why eat less and prolong life

Now, researchers at Salt Biological Research Institute have identified the key role of two enzymes together to determine the health benefits of a low diet.

December 14, 2018
Pregnancy age and difference
Medicine - Health

Pregnancy age and difference

Today, the number of women giving birth in the age of 35-49 is three times higher than in the 1970s. The following are things waiting for you during pregnancy in your 20…

December 14, 2018
Eat a lot of old age, die early
Medicine - Health

Eat a lot of old age, die early

For more than 20 years, monkeys that eat comfortably have a three times higher risk of death than those with restricted diets, a long-term study has just published.

December 14, 2018
Practicing at age 70 - should it?
Medicine - Health

Practicing at age 70 - should it?

Question this week: Some people advise me to exercise more but I'm worried that there will be some bad effects because I'm already 73 this year.

December 14, 2018
Does sugar make us older?
Medicine - Health

Does sugar make us older?

Reducing calories will prolong the lives of rats. The phenomenon is explained by the ability of cells to detect sugar in their environment.

December 14, 2018