Thinking about taking a break from alcohol? Here's how to cut back or quit It's February and many people are starting to put into place their New Year's resolution to drink less alcohol. Feb 4, 2020 0 63
A clue to stopping coronavirus: Knowing how viruses adapt from animals to humans As the novel coronavirus death toll mounts, it is natural to worry. How far will this virus travel through humanity, and could another such virus arise seemingly from nowhere? Feb 4, 2020 0 78
US workplaces are nowhere near ready to contain a coronavirus outbreak The new coronavirus has spread rapidly around the globe since its discovery late last year in China. It has now infected more than 19,700 people worldwide and killed at least 425, prompting travel bans, citywide quarantines ... Feb 4, 2020 0 40
Insects, seaweed and lab-grown meat could be the foods of the future The world is facing a major food crisis where both obesity and hunger are rising in the context of rapidly changing environments. The Food and Agriculture Organization has presented alternative food sources—such as seaweed ... Feb 4, 2020 1 49
Carbon monoxide poisons thousands every year, and there are no good treatments Carbon monoxide is an undetectable yet lethal gas, often produced by incomplete combustion of carbon-based fuels, such as coal, gas and wood. It kills about 60 people a year in the UK, according to the NHS. Feb 4, 2020 1 38
How we discovered a personality profile linked to war crimes Former US Private First Class Stephen Green was found guilty of raping and killing a 14-year-old girl and murdering her family in Mahmudiyah, Iraq in 2006. Four years later, US Corporal Jeremy Morlock was convicted of ambushing, ... Feb 4, 2020 1 74
Differences in lung cancer tumors found between East Asians and Europeans A team of researchers from a host of institutions in Singapore and China has found that there are genetic differences between some lung cancer tumors in East Asians versus Europeans. In their paper published in the journal ... Feb 4, 2020 report 0 188
American Heart Association: We need evidence-based approaches to eliminate inequities Improvements in the nation's health care system—particularly changes that address inequities in care and the impact of social determinants of health—are necessary to achieve the goal to equitably increase healthy life expectancy ... Feb 4, 2020 0 34
Psychiatric disorders and suicide attempts substantially higher in diabetic teens, young adults Becoming an adult is not easy, but dealing with type1 diabetes adds another layer of complexity, and young people affected by this chronic illness are paying the price with their mental health Feb 4, 2020 0 83
Got a cervix? Get it tested or test it yourself Women who have sex with women (WSW), transsexual men and non-binary people with a cervix are at similar risk of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and subsequent risk of developing cervical cancers as heterosexual women, ... Feb 4, 2020 0 33
