A new analysis shows that, compared to similarly high-income European countries, the U.S. continues to have substantially higher death rates at all but the oldest ages, resulting in more "excess deaths," and this gap widened ...
Mar 29, 2023
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Cancer-causing chemical compounds called nitrosamines have been detected in a range of everyday foods and could pose a health risk to consumers, the European Food Safety Agency warned on Tuesday.
Mar 28, 2023
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A major new study confirms the trend toward fewer suicides in Europe. The findings show that suicide rates are down in 15 countries (including Germany and Italy), and stable elsewhere (including France, Spain and U.K.). Only ...
Mar 27, 2023
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The number of tuberculosis deaths in Europe is on the rise again after declining for almost two decades, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday.
Mar 24, 2023
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The United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) set the target of ending tuberculosis (TB) as a global public health threat by 2030. Based on the most recent surveillance data published by the European Centre for ...
Mar 23, 2023
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Having a partner and, to a lesser extent, having children, leads people aged 50+ to take greater precautions against COVID-19, starting with the choice to get vaccinated. In a study published in PNAS, University of Florence ...
Mar 22, 2023
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The beans known as oloyin in Yoruba, or as cowpeas (Vigna unguiculata), are a favorite food among Nigerians, who eat them in a variety of dishes including soups and stews or as a standalone side dish.
Mar 21, 2023
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An international team of 144 scientists studying lung function has made a huge leap in understanding chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by conducting the largest multi-ancestry, genome-wide association meta-analysis to ...
A new dengue treatment that could become the first to prevent and treat the virus has proven effective in initial trials in monkeys, according to new research.
Mar 16, 2023
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During the 1970s and 1980s I grew up in a cold home. On very cold mornings, ice would be crusted on my bedroom window and my every breath would condense in the air.
Mar 15, 2023
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