Category Archives: Health

Map of Areas Most Often Missing During Handwashing

With news of more than 70,000 confirmed cases and 1700 deaths from the COVID-19 virus, the importance of handwashing is once again front and center. Using data from a 1978 study on the hygiene of health professionals, this is a map … Continue reading

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WORLD CANCER DAY 04 FEB 2020 / THEME : I AM AND I WILL

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“Snake Pneumonia” – Coronavirus Outbreak in China Traced to Snakes by Genetic Analysis

Emerging viral infections — from bird flu to Ebola to Zika infections — pose major threats to global public health, and understanding their origins can help investigators design defensive strategies against future outbreaks. A new study provides important insights on the … Continue reading

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Discovery of new T-cell raises prospect of ‘universal’ cancer therapy – ScienceBlog.com

Researchers at Cardiff University have discovered a new type of killer T-cell that offers hope of a “one-size-fits-all” cancer therapy. T-cell therapies for cancer – where immune cells are removed, modified and returned to the patient’s blood to seek and destroy … Continue reading

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LIFE SAVING FLOWERS

Do you have these life saving flowers at your home. Flowers can heal our body from various kind of diseases even cancers. 0:21 Nayantora (Periwinkle) – Scientific name – Catharanthus roseus of family Apocynaceae 2:10 Aparajita (Clitora) – Scientific name … Continue reading

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4 Plants That Are Great for Humans

A quarter of all prescription drugs in the U.S. come from substances that are found only in plants. In this episode of SciShow, we take a look at four of these talented plants who make our lives better.  

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Human body temperature has decreased in the United States, Stanford study finds – ScienceBlog.com

Since the early 19th century, the average human body temperature in the United States has dropped, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford.   Since the early 19th century, the average human body temperature in the United States … Continue reading

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Worldwide Epidemic: A Closer Look at the Diabetes Disaster

Jose Gomez-Marquez holding an open glucometer prototype at MIT Little Devices Lab. Credit: Amy Moran-Thomas   In a new book, Amy Moran-Thomas examines how diabetes is reaching epidemic levels in countries across the world. In Belize, where diabetes is rampant, … Continue reading

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Privatisation of the NHS: Allyson Pollock at TEDxExeter

The 1948 Act establishing the NHS gave the Secretary of State for Health the duty to provide universal health care. The Health and Social Care Act 2012 removes this duty and introduces a market. Allyson Pollock describes why we need … Continue reading

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Mystery Monday ~ dancing mania — Lotus Laura

Perhaps the strangest plague of them all is dancing mania, which mainly broke out in Europe between the 14th and 17th centuries. The outbreak has been documented and known to have affected thousands of people of all ages. Those who … Continue reading

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