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Are you prejudiced? Sleep it off!
A team at Northwestern University, Chicago, played sounds while people slept to trigger and enforce memories of an exercise earlier in the day. The trial on 40 people, published in the journal Science, showed the changes lasted at least a […]
Newer birth control pills may pose health risk
Newer versions of the Pill may raise a woman’s risk of dangerous blood clots even more than older versions, a large U.K. study suggests. Women taking any combined oral contraceptive pills — containing both estrogen and progestin — were three times […]
Enzymes for a healthier you
It’s the stuff of life, enzymes. Without enzymes, life as we know it would not exist. Enzymes are proteins that act as a catalyst for chemical reactions in the body that are essential for life. A simple example: enzymes help […]
Heatwave strikes India
A heat wave in India has killed at least 1,371 people this week as temperatures soar above 47 Celsius (116.6 Fahrenheit), and doctors’ leave has been cancelled to help cope with the sick. May and June are India’s hottest months, […]
Family history may not impact breast cancer survival odds
In younger women with breast cancer, having a family history of the disease may not worsen their survival odds, a new study suggests. These results should reassure younger women diagnosed with breast cancer, study co-author Dr. Ramsey Cutress, a researcher […]
More than four espressos a day can harm health: EU
Drinking the caffeine equivalent of more than four espressos a day is harmful to health, especially for minors and pregnant women, the EU food safety agency said on Wednesday. “It is the first time that the risks from caffeine from […]
Americans keep getting fatter: poll
Waistlines of American adults kept growing last year with obesity creeping up to 27.7 %, according to a Gallup poll released Wednesday. It was the highest %age since Gallup started studying American weight issues in 2008, the pollster said. The […]
Elite athletes should get heart screening, says expert
Olympic athletes should have tailored heart screening to check for life-threatening conditions before they can compete, a leading Italian doctor says. After running extensive tests on 2,354 elite athletes, he discovered six had potentially fatal disorders that disqualified them from […]
Brain-reading implant controls arm
A man has been able to control a robotic limb with a mind-reading chip implanted in his brain. It allowed Erik Sorto, from California, to sip a drink unaided for the first time in 10 years. The details, published in Science, […]
Delayed cord cutting at birth tied to better skills in childhood
Delaying cord clamping is already known to benefit babies by increasing iron levels in their blood for the first few months of life, researchers write in JAMA Pediatrics May 26. “There is quite a lot of brain development just after birth,” […]
