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Up to 45 percent of dementia risk could be prevented or delayed, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, citing modifiable risk factors such as tobacco and air pollution.
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1 week agoAs cancer cases climb in Indonesia, hospitals are increasingly combining genetic testing with multidisciplinary teams of specialists to speed up diagnoses, tailor treatments and improve patient outcomes. ...
1 month agoWorking from your bed will make it harder for you to separate work and rest.
6 years agoIs the virus revenge from nature or is it just God reminding us we are all the same in his eyes?
6 years agoHydroxychloroquine, a medicine for malaria that President Donald Trump has touted as a treatment for coronavirus, was no more effective than conventional care, a small study found.
6 years agoNew research has found that men who start puberty earlier may be more likely to develop type 2 diabetes as adults.
6 years agoDespite the deluge of memes imagining zany situations that might arise after days of quarantine, it seems that people are still coping fine — at least, for now.
6 years agoBecause novel coronavirus is a new type of virus, there is currently no evidence proving that taking ibuprofen will be harmful or make COVID-19 symptoms worse.
6 years agoIndonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) researchers said disinfectant solutions, including homemade ones, could kill the coronavirus because they destroyed the fat membrane of the virus.
6 years agoPeople over the age of 80 years and those with chronic diseases are the most vulnerable to COVID-19. For those over 80, approximately 15 percent of those infected will die.
6 years agoHand-washing to combat the spread of coronavirus is the order of the day, but it's an unaffordable luxury for millions in war-ravaged Yemen where clean water is dangerously scarce.
6 years agoThe homemade products may not be strong enough to inactivate the virus quite as effectively as the WHO formulation.
6 years agoEach time you touch your face, notice how you touched your face, the urge or sensation that preceded it and the situation you were in – what you were doing, where you were physically or what you were feeling emotionally. If you usually don’t notice when you touch your face, you can ask someone else to point it out.
6 years agoWhen you are indoors all day, you are actually spending a lot of time in a rather polluted environment.
6 years agoWhat will the aftermath of this "tsunami", as Italian health workers have called it, be like? A general receding and a return to normality, or regular recurrences that will overwhelm hospitals?
6 years agoScientists are calling for urgent studies to determine the proportion of people with coronavirus who show no, or delayed, symptoms amid concern that the number of silent carriers may be greater than previously thought.
6 years agoThere’s a useful to distinction to make between cleaning and disinfection.
6 years agoFaced with the coronavirus pandemic on top of an economic crisis that has left shortages of medicines and medical supplies, Venezuelans are turning to homemade remedies to protect themselves.
6 years agoWhat do prisoners, a former first lady and textile makers have in common? All have threaded their needles to combat a dire global shortage of face masks that risks the health of millions amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
6 years agoCyclists deprived of their weekend ride out with friends and fitness fanatics who can't get to the gym are turning to online cycling workouts to help them stay in shape during the coronavirus shutdown.
6 years agoAfter two decades of sewing jackets and school uniforms, Venezuelan clothing designers Stalina Svieykowsky and Nelson Jimenez this month revamped their operations to make the country's most sought-after article of apparel: face masks.
6 years agoThe United States Food and Drug Administration has approved the first rapid coronavirus diagnostic test, with a detection time of about 45 minutes, as the country struggles to meet the demand for coronavirus testing.
6 years agoLVMH, the world's biggest luxury goods group, is ordering 40 million health masks from a Chinese supplier to help France cope with the coronavirus outbreak.
6 years agoThe World Health Organization said that the original epicenter in China of the coronavirus outbreak at last reporting no new cases gave hope to the rest of the world battling the pandemic.
6 years agoTwo new European studies have found that those who are obese as children may have a higher risk of anxiety, depression, and even early death as adults.
6 years agoA breeding ground for bacteria at the best of times, smartphones, tablets and laptops need to be cleaned more than ever to help limit the spread of the coronavirus. Here are a few simple and quick tips on how to do it.
6 years agoFrom handwashing stations to digital advice hubs, initiatives are underway to protect the world's most vulnerable people from the global coronavirus epidemic.
6 years agoIn Italy, the hardest hit country in Europe, almost a quarter of the nearly 28,000 coronavirus patients are between the ages of 19 and 50, according to data website Statista.
6 years agoThere are many myths swirling around on the internet at the moment about Covid-19, more commonly known as the coronavirus.
6 years agoWe’ve rounded up some of our favorites which could all be done in a small space and without any kit or equipment, so you don’t have to worry if you didn’t have time to stock up on gym kit before a lockdown.
6 years agoListening to music each day could reduce the pain experienced after a heart attack, according to new research.
6 years agoThe system, currently being tested internally, works like a conventional instant messaging service -- conversations can be quick, or span several days or more.
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