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DNA testing helps prevent illness
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DNA testing helps prevent illness

Each of us sooner or later have to ask the question: how to live healthy, extend youth and produce intelligent followers? Experts say DNA testing will answer this questi…

December 14, 2018
Disease affects IQ the most
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Disease affects IQ the most

Genetic and educational characteristics are often thought to have the greatest impact on intelligence, but a new study found that illnesses affect IQ more than both.

December 14, 2018
Become a painter with half the brain
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Become a painter with half the brain

A girl from Petersburg, Russia, had her brain removed in a car accident that not only survived, returned to normal life but also revealed a natural talent. She started p…

December 14, 2018
Chew carefully to reduce illness
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Chew carefully to reduce illness

Chewing heavily, saliva secretes a lot to help fight tooth decay and root infections because in the saliva, the body's immune system, mmunoglobulin and muccus protein, p…

December 14, 2018
Urban life is bad for the brain
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Urban life is bad for the brain

Life in the city is linked to an increase in brain activity associated with mental illness. A new study finds that living in a city can increase activity in the brain re…

December 14, 2018
Decipher the strange disease of King Henry
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Decipher the strange disease of King Henry

In his life, the Emperor had suffered from two extremely rare diseases that could explain that the illness affected the king from the end of his life.

December 14, 2018
See many 3D TVs causing illness
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See many 3D TVs causing illness

Scientists warn that a 3-dimensional (3D TV) television in the market may stun the brain, causing eye strain, vomiting and fatigue in viewers.

December 14, 2018
Strange illness turns a girl into a boy
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Strange illness turns a girl into a boy

A South African couple welcomes their first son to be born, but a month later comes to the fire when he discovers that the baby is actually a little girl.

December 14, 2018
Is EBV virus the cause of cancer?
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Is EBV virus the cause of cancer?

EBV infection rarely causes illness but it appears in some types of cancer such as lymphoma and throat cancer.

December 14, 2018
Personality also creates illness
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Personality also creates illness

A recent study by British scientists showed that diseases such as stomach pain, asthma and Alzheimer's disease have a close relationship with the personality of patients.

December 14, 2018