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Junk Food Linked to Potentially Deadly Liver Disease

According to a new study from Keck Medicine of USC and published in the Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology journal, junk food could be the cause of a life threatening liver illness known as NAFLD (non-alcoholic fatty liver disorder.) In other…

January 12, 2023 · by Katherine Baldwin · 0

Do You Want To Prevent Aging & Avoid Disease? Drink Water!

According to research published in eBioMedicine by the National Institutes of Health, those who drink enough fluids had a lower risk of developing chronic diseases like heart and lung illness and a longer life expectancy than those who don’t. Serum…

January 2, 2023 · by Anna Daniels · 0

House Flies Puke on Your Food – Study Suggests They May Spread More Diseases than Mosquitoes!

According to scientists, flies are more of a threat to people’s health than mosquitoes, even though they don’t bite. This is because they eat feces and garbage and drink sewage water before landing on your plate and puking their insides…

October 1, 2022 · by Katherine Baldwin · 0

Creepy “Zombie Deer” Disease More and More Common in Ohio and the Midwest

The deer population has been displaying some really creepy behavior that reminds people from Ohio and other parts of the Midwest where this has been happening, of zombies! As it turns out, this is because of a disease some of…

September 3, 2022 · by Katherine Baldwin · 0

Liver Diseases Outbreaks In Children – Here’s Why They Happen

Researchers at Mount Sinai University have linked a potentially cancer-causing liver ailment in children to prenatal exposure to a wide range of endocrine-disrupting substances. The scientists at Mount Sinai University accomplished this breakthrough. This study examines the association between prenatal…

August 29, 2022 · by Anna Daniels · 0

New Study Indicates Climate Change Boosts Infectious Diseases

More than half of all human infectious illnesses on record have been aggravated by the growing consequences of climate change caused by greenhouse gases. These include Lyme disease, West Nile virus, hantavirus, typhoid, HIV/AIDS, and influenza. A new, groundbreaking report…

August 9, 2022 · by Anna Daniels · 0

New Pandemic Risk? Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak Infects 11, Kills 1

An outbreak of the potentially fatal Legionnaires’ disease is being investigated by local health authorities in a county in northern California. According to the Napa County Department of Public Health, since July 11 a total of twelve local citizens have…

August 4, 2022 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Some People Never Get Sick, and Scientists Come Close to Explaining Why

Perhaps we all know that person who never gets ill, and there’s no use assuming that he’s automatically an alien or a cyborg. He might be protected by a higher power, though, but surely we would all use a more…

July 28, 2022 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

All-Cause Mortality Is Predicted By Environmental Factors According To A New Study

According to the findings of recent research, environmental variables such as air pollution are strong predictors of the likelihood of dying from a cardiovascular event such as a stroke or heart attack. Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at…

June 27, 2022 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Research Suggests That Monkeypox Mutates At Unprecedented Rate

Getting infected with the viral monkeypox disease is certainly not something a person could want. It causes very unpleasant symptoms and even death in some cases. A new study by a group of Portuguese researchers now indicates that the virus…

June 25, 2022 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0