Category Archives: Health

Mothers reborn: The surprising benefits of lifelike dolls – 100 Women, BBC World Service

In Poland, where fertility rates are among the lowest in the world, a group of women are taking control and becoming mothers to fake babies. Reborn dolls are hyper-realistic dummies, treated like real children, given a birthing ceremony and even … Continue reading

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This Deadly Virus Has Been Frozen for 4 Million Years

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Wavelengths

Across the Bay Area, illuminated windows reveal volunteers for Exhale, a hotline for people seeking help in processing their abortion experiences. In the still of night, these volunteers lend an ear to those who need it. Directed by: Jessie Zinn … Continue reading

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Your Nose Does More Than You Give It Credit For

[…] You might thank your nose for letting you experience the lovely aromas of a good soup, but you probably wouldn’t think to thank it for helping you experience other people’s emotions! Hosted by: Hank Green […]

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What a lack of sunlight really does to our brains – BBC REEL

The shorter days of winter can dampen our spirits and trigger anxiety, fatigue, and depression. In some places above the Arctic Circle, where winter is the longest season, the inhabitants don’t see the sun from November until February. But what … Continue reading

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COVID-19 Breakthrough: Scientists Discover How the SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evades Our Immune System | Sci-Tech Daily

By GRACIE BLACKWELL, TEXAS A&M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE DECEMBER 8, 2021 The expression of the immune response gene ??NLRC5 (red purple) is suppressed in SARS-CoV-2 (green) infected cells. Credit: Koichi Kobayashi The immune system is a complex network of cells … Continue reading

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Cuba’s COVID vaccines: the limited data available suggests they’re highly effective | The Conversation

  Michael Head Senior Research Fellow in Global Health, University of Southampton   The western world has written plenty about its high-profile COVID vaccines: the mRNA products of Pfizer and Moderna, viral-vectored jabs from AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson, and … Continue reading

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The surprising reason you feel awful when you’re sick – Marco A. Sotomayor

What actually makes you feel sick? Discover how your immune system and proteins called cytokines respond to infections. — It starts with a tickle in your throat that becomes a cough. Your muscles begin to ache, you grow irritable, and … Continue reading

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Revolution in medicine – BioNTech, mRNA and the Covid-19 vaccine | DW Documentary

With the help of mRNA technology, BioNTech has developed a vaccine for COVID-19. These assist the body to produce its own antigens to fight the virus – a medical milestone. Since the beginning of the 21st century, scientists Uğur Şahin … Continue reading

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Save the children.

Dir. Daniel Eskils Prod. Tarot

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