Smoking is the most prevalent cause of premature death worldwide. In 2019 alone, 64,000 people in England died due to smoking, and while the number of smokers in the U.K has gone down, 6.1 of them are still in England. Richmond and Thames have a smoking prevalence of 8%, while Blackpool and Kingston are at …
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A study by the University of Florence, the School of Psychology at the University of Sydney, and the University of Pisa has found that the pupils had the mechanism to sense numbers. According to Professor David Burr, a co-author of the study from the Universities of Florence and Sydney, people spontaneously identify the size, color, …
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A study titled Screen Time and Early Adolescent Mental Health, Academic and Social Outcomes in 9- and 10- Year Old Children: Utilizing the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development ABCD Study shows that giving children screen time is not inherently bad for them. The researchers added that children who have more screen time made more friends due …
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A study titled Accelerated Dynamics of Collective Attention in Nature Communications shows a decrease in people’s attention span over time. The researchers pointed out how a hashtag could stay relevant for an average of 17.5 hours in 2013 but only 11.9 hours in 2016. People are having a more challenging time paying attention The study …
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Researchers from John Hopkins Medicine have discovered that hearing loss could indicate dementia. The study, which they tilted Hearing Loss is a Risk Factor for Dementia: a systematic review was in the Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology. How researchers conducted the experiment The team gathered 600 adults and analyzed them for 12 years. Through the data, they …
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Researchers released a study titled Dietary Palmitic Acid Promotes a Prometastatic Memory via Schwann Cells, which details how palmitic acid in palm oil causes the growth of malignant cells. The researchers state that consuming products with palm oil like chocolate spread could cause tumors on the skin, mouth, and rest of the body. According to …
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A study by the University of Oxford and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine has found that the number of people consuming plant-based food alternatives in the U.K has been two times bigger since 2017-2019 and 2008-2011. The study is the first in the U.K to look into the trend of plant-based food …
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A paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine encourages physicians to screen patients for outdoor and indoor air pollution and offer solutions to reduce exposure. Numerous studies have shown that air pollution causes cardiac diseases and death. The paper which Sanjay Rajagopalan, M.D and chief of cardiovascular medicine at UH Harrington Heart and …
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Researchers from Vanderbilt University have discovered that specific synaptic effects are responsible for the immediate antidepressant effect of ketamine. Many scientists have looked into ketamine as it causes sustained and rapid action in patients with treatment-resistant depression. A previous study shows that the drug causes a form of synaptic plasticity in the brain’s hippocampus, which …
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Researchers from Cambridge University and the University of Aberdeen have found a therapy for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) using the magic bullet technique. The method targets specific antibodies to fight the illness. Existing treatments that require patients to have extended hospital visits are arduous and invasive. One of the current therapies includes chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and …
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