MEDICINE & HEALTH

African Swine Fever Hits Vietnamese Pig Farms

MEDICINE & HEALTH 05.16.2019 08:09 AM

Vietnam has culled more than 1.2 million farmed pigs infected with ASF. Vietnam is a country with a population of roughly 95 million people and pork accounts for nearly 75 percent of overall meat consumption.

Reasons Why Some Health Enthusiasts Are Drinking Ginger

05.15.2019 18:34 PM

Ginger has become a growing area of interest when it comes to health benefits Research has shown that ginger can help nausea and vomiting, symptoms of an upset stomach and it can even help relieve pain.

Norwegian Tourist Dies of Rabies After Bitten By a Puppy She Saved

05.15.2019 18:21 PM

Birgitte Kallestad died on Monday after contracting rabies from a puppy that she rescued A Norwegian tourist has died of rabies after she was bitten by a stray puppy that she rescued from the street in the Philippines.

Cheese May Help Control Your Blood Sugar, Study Says

05.15.2019 17:42 PM

A study from the University of Alberta suggests that the beneficial effects of cheese might not be related to fat but to some other component, such as protein or calcium.

Scientists Discover Why Cultivated Tomatoes Have Lost It's Taste

05.15.2019 17:39 PM

Have you ever wondered why tomatoes that you but from the fresh market and that of the grocery oddly tastes different?

Research Shows Voice Disorders Coherently Affect Listeners

05.15.2019 17:20 PM

The results of the study reveal that overall, speakers with vice disorders demonstrated a tenfold increase in the number of speech intelligibility errors compared to speakers with healthy voices

How New Strategy of reprogramming Regulatory T Cells Can Improve Cancer Therapies

05.15.2019 14:58 PM

Through reprogramming Treg cells in tumor tissue, the researchers create a local inflammatory autoimmune reaction that primes tumors for immune therapies

Developing Dementia: Here Are Risk Factors To Watch Out For

05.15.2019 11:06 AM

If you are a smoker, your risk of developing dementia are much higher. The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified 12 lifestyle conditions that fuel the advent of dementia.

The Reason Why LA Reservoir is Covered in Black Plastic Balls

05.15.2019 06:59 AM

They were originally thought to minimize evaporation. The Los Angeles reservoir holds some 12. 5 billion liters of water or roughly 3. 3 billion gallons, the same deposit where most LA residents get their personal drinking water.

China’s Pork Industry is Being Ravaged by African Swine Fever

05.15.2019 06:22 AM

The virus is reportedly harmless to humans but deadly to pigs—and, so far, there is no cure or vaccine.

When Clean Eating Becomes an Unhealthy Obsession

05.14.2019 13:30 PM

When taken to the extreme, an obsession with clean eating can be a sign that the person is struggling to manage their mental health

Coffee Adicts Research Shows Sensitivity to Smell Links to Craving

05.14.2019 13:27 PM

The first time evidence has been found to prove that coffee addicts are more sensitive to the smell of coffee

Workplace Interventions May Improve Employees’ Sleep Habits

05.14.2019 13:17 PM

Employer-sponsored efforts can improve sleep and sleep-related outcomes In a recent review, simple workplace interventions such as educating employees about the essence of sleep and providing behavioral sleep strategies may produce beneficial results.

Monsanto Ordered By a California Jury to Pay $2 Billion to a Couple Contracted Cancer By Their Product

05.14.2019 09:50 AM

The jury award marked the latest and most devastating blow to the agrochemical giant over its popular Roundup brand weed killer.

Report Shows Low-dose Aspirin Linked to Bleeding in the Skull

05.13.2019 14:48 PM

Low-dose aspirin risks may outweigh benefits Low-dose aspirin is used to prevent stroke and heart disease. However according to a new report, the study shows low-dose aspirin is linked with an increased risk of bleeding in the skull in those without a history of those conditions stated.