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Avoid makeup once a week to delay skin ageing
Though most women can’t imagine stepping out without makeup, but avoiding it once a week could help delay the skin’s ageing process, a skincare expert claims. Rita Strazinska, founder of Bio2You Organic Seabuckthorn skincare, has urged women to go makeup […]
New combo of two drugs may help treat HIV
A new delivery system for a combo of two FDA approved drugs to treat HIV has been successfully developed by a research team. The discovery, which allows for a combination of decitabine and gemcitabine to be delivered in pill form, […]
Digestion problems? Eat kiwi
Kiwi fruit can help improve digestion, a new study claims. According to research, the green kiwi fruit has enzyme actinidin, which is not present in any other fruit. This enzyme can deliver enhanced gastric digestion, reports femalefirst.co.uk. “Although somewhat already […]
Eating fish to prevent arthritis
Women who have diets high in omega-3 fatty acid derived from fish are less likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis than those who skimp on fish, new research suggests. Researchers surveyed Swedish women about their diets and found over the course […]
Health officials warns of polio outbreak in Pakistan
In Pakistan, health officials warned of a serious polio outbreak after the disease was detected in 16 children in a tribal district where militant groups have banned vaccination. Doctor Khayal Mir Jan, the top health official in Pakistan’s militant-infested North […]
The best medicine is early detection
Experts are calling for better early detection of cervical cancer, which has become increasingly common among young women in recent years. The age of women developing cervical cancer has lowered, says Wu Xiaohua, a professor at the Department of Gynecologic […]
MERS virus found in Saudi Arabia bat
The deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus has been found in an insect- eating bat in Saudi Arabia, researchers from the United States and Saudi Arabia said Wednesday. The discovery described in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases points to […]
Broccoli could help prevent arthritis: Researchers
Eating plenty of broccoli could help to prevent or slow down the onset of osteoarthritis, researchers said Wednesday. Scientists at the University of East Anglia found that sulforaphane, which is found in broccoli as well as Brussels sprouts and cabbage, […]
Another 150 cases of leptospirosis in two weeks
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia – Another 150 cases of leptospirosis have been reported within a two-week period nationwide since Aug 10. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam said the latest statistic has brought the total number of rat urine disease cases […]
Scientists grow human brain tissue from stem cells
Scientists said Wednesday they had used stem cells to grow primitive human brain tissue for use in studying disorders and early development of this most complex of organs. They used the cells to grow what they dubbed “cerebral organoids” — […]
