Food/Diet

Scientists at Oxford University have found that the accumulation of fat in the body starts far sooner than previously imagined and the conversion of fat from a meal into fatty tissue takes less than 3 hours.

According to their study, it is...

Pregnancy/Child

According to a study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 21.8% of pregnant white women between the ages of 15 to 44 years smoked cigarettes during the past 30 days.

Among pregnant Black women this number was 14...

Medication

According to a new study, using Tenofovir during pregnancy is safe.

Tenofovir is an anti-HIV drug and, as study showed, it does not increase the risk of kidney problems, birth defects or growth abnormalities in babies born to HIV-positive ...

Obesity

A new study revealed that minimizing fat and doing more exercise are the simplest and easy ways to slimming.

Researchers at Harvard Medical School, Boston surveyed 4,000 obese adults. As a result, those who followed the common sense advic...

Heart/Lungs

Scientists at Harvard University revealed that a compound commonly found in onions can be used in preventing fatal blood clots linked to heart attacks and strokes, potentially saving thousands of lives.

The scientists found that the compo...

Cancer

A recent study revealed that infections with viruses, bacteria and parasites cause about one in six of the 12.7 million new cancer cases.

Scientists from the International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon, France, said:

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Diabetes

According to a new study, Asian Americans have an almost 50% higher risk to develop diabetes, especially type 2 diabetes than other Americans.

The researchers gathered data on the Asian American population, those born in the United States,...

Mental Health

According to a study, walking in the park may have psychological benefits for people suffering from depression.

‘Our study showed that participants with clinical depression demonstrated improved memory performance after a walk in nature...

Older People

Oz researchers have found out that older adults who experienced any level of psychological distress were more than 4 times more likely to have some functional limitation in comparison with those who did not have any psychological issues.

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Other

A new Stanford University School of Medicine research found that about 3.6% of adults in the USA (about 8.4 million) are prone to sleepwalking. There is also a connection between nocturnal wanderings and certain psychiatric disorders, such as depr...