health

27/10/2015 - 11:42

One early idea was that men work themselves into an early grave. Whether working in a mine or ploughing the land, they put extra stress on... →

26/10/2015 - 13:01

The list of alternative doctors in Israel is very long, and many, including Kabesa, got their degree from the same place: A company called... →

07/10/2015 - 16:05

The researchers collected data on 412,921 people from 70 countries between 2002 and 2013. GDP was used as a measure of economic development... →

01/10/2015 - 17:13

According to many estimates, these whales live at least 150 years, and perhaps as long as 210. Apart from slightly leathery skin, a bit of... →

17/09/2015 - 13:54

Jannini found that those who harbour homophobic attitudes are often encumbered with deficient coping mechanisms, and that their averse... →

14/09/2015 - 13:55

Prof Jamie Timmons, from King's College London, told the BBC News website: "There's a healthy ageing signature that's common to all our... →

27/08/2015 - 14:50

That code was unraveled by the discovery that adhesion proteins — the glue that keeps cells together — interact with the microprocessor, a... →

22/08/2015 - 13:15

The brain, which is about the size of a pencil eraser, is engineered from adult human skin cells and is the most complete human brain model... →

13/08/2015 - 19:44

Born with a cannabis system According to Gabet, the human body is naturally equipped with a cannabinoid system that regulates both vital... →

09/08/2015 - 14:01

Violent crime statistics tell a different story, though. One survey suggested that only 1% of victims of violent crime believed that the... →

21/07/2015 - 20:13

“Jehovah Witnesses for instance,” Dr. Andrews continued, “will not accept blood under any circumstance. They would rather die than to... →

11/07/2015 - 19:36

Prof Moffitt told the BBC: "Any area of life where we currently use chronological age is faulty, if we knew more about biological age we... →

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