Health
Eating more fruits and veggies could benefit your kidneys
It turns out your parents were right: You should eat more fruits and vegetables.
Jul 26, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Delayed umbilical cord clamping benefits babies. Cord blood donation could help others
While blood from a newborn's umbilical cord was once considered a waste product, it's now known that it contains stem cells. These cells can be used for cord blood transplants, including for specific genetic and hematologic ...
Jul 26, 2022
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Health
Stress transmitter wakes your brain more than 100 times a night—and it is perfectly normal
You wake up. The alarm clock says 02:56.
Jul 14, 2022
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Health
How to save $50 off your food bill and still eat tasty, nutritious meals
Grocery prices have taken a hike upwards for a host of reasons, including the rising costs of petrol, fertilizer and labor.
Jun 27, 2022
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Health
China's mass testing mantra is building a waste mountain
Hazmat-suited workers poke plastic swabs down millions of throats in China each day, leaving bins bursting with medical waste that has become the environmental and economic levy of a zero-COVID strategy.
Jun 20, 2022
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Surgery
Climate change: Is it time to say goodbye to inhaled anesthesia?
A review presented at this year's Euroanesthesia Congress will address the environmental impact of inhaled anesthetic agents and how we can and should manage without them—or at least massively reduce their use. The presentation ...
Jun 6, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Laboratory-based model of acute kidney injury replicates basic mechanisms of disease
By filtering waste products and toxins from the urine, the kidney is one of the most important players in human metabolism. It is estimated that several million patients worldwide die each year from renal disease. When a ...
Jun 3, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Coffee consumption link to reduced risk of acute kidney injury, study finds
If you need another reason to start the day drinking a cup of joe, a recent study by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers has revealed that consuming at least one cup of coffee a day may reduce the risk of acute kidney injury ...
Jun 2, 2022
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Neuroscience
Treating sleep apnea can improve memory in people with cognitive decline
There is increasing recognition of the important role sleep plays in our brain health. Growing evidence suggests disturbed sleep may increase the risk of developing dementia.
May 20, 2022
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Health
Pollution was responsible for 9 million deaths in 2019, with little progress during the previous four years
A new report shows that pollution was responsible for 9 million deaths in 2019—equivalent to one in six deaths worldwide—a number virtually unchanged since the last analysis in 2015.
May 17, 2022
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