Health
No, you shouldn't wash raw chicken before cooking it. So why do people still do it?
Food safety authorities and regulators around the world recommend you don't wash raw poultry before cooking.
Jan 6, 2023
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Health
Autopsies show microplastics in all major human organs
(HealthDay)—Microscopic bits of plastic have most likely taken up residence in all of the major filtering organs in your body, a new lab study suggests.
Aug 17, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New malaria transmission patterns emerge in Africa
An international study reveals how future climate change could affect malaria transmission in Africa over the next century.
Aug 28, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Soy expansion in Brazil linked to increase in childhood leukemia deaths
Over the past decades, Brazil has become the world's leading soybean producer, as well as the leading consumer of pesticides. Despite concerns about potential public health consequences, little is known about the effects ...
Oct 30, 2023
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Biomedical technology
Droplet biosensing method opens the door for faster identification of COVID-19
Mechanical engineering associate professor Jiangtao Cheng and electrical and computer engineering assistant professor Wei Zhou have developed an ultrasensitive biosensing method that could dramatically shorten the amount ...
Jul 21, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Small number of genes involved in X-linked ichthyosis
(HealthDay) -- Patients with X-linked recessive ichthyosis (XLRI) have altered expression in a small number of genes, and although moisturizer treatment improves dryness, it doesn't affect other biophysical properties or ...
Apr 13, 2012
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Monday's medical myth: You lose most heat through your head
As the weather starts to cool down and winter clothes enter rotation in our wardrobes, some peculiar combinations emerge: shorts and scarves; thongs and jackets; T-shirts and beanies. The last is often explained with an old ...
Apr 9, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Flood dynamics increase population vulnerability to waterborne disease and climate
Diarrheal disease, a preventable and treatable illness, remains the second-leading cause of death in children under the age of 5 and a persistent public health threat in sub-Saharan Africa. Researchers have now uncovered ...
Nov 8, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers find answers to growing typhoid problem in the Pacific
University of Otago researchers have been key partners in a study which has found poor sanitation facilities appear to be a major source of Salmonella Typhi, the cause of typhoid fever, in Fiji.
Jun 25, 2018
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