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Israeli computational model predicts breast cancer risks
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women...
Switch to clean fuels could lower exposure to PM2.5, premature deaths: Study
The transition, however, is challenging and affected by income,...
As inflation crisis hits Britain, healthy diets are a casualty
Close to 10 million adults - or one in five households - are unable to put enough food on the table, with some skipping meals or going without for an entire day, the charity's nationwide survey carried out in late September suggests. That’s double the number affected...
Majority of millennials, gen Z plan to ask for pay raise in next 6 months: Report
This is being helmed by India's younger professional generations, Gen Z (51 per cent) and millennials (51 per cent), who are most likely to ask their boss for a raise as compared to Gen X (40 per cent) and Boomers (26 per cent), LinkedIn Workforce Confidence Index...
Heat waves due to climate change have cost world economy trillions so far
The study is among the first to specifically examine how heat waves affect economic output, said senior author Justin Mankin, an assistant professor of geography at Dartmouth It has discovered that from 1992 to 2013, heat waves statistically correlated with changes in...
Omicron BA.2 less severe than its original and Delta variants : Study
Patients with Delta and original Omicron variants were also more likely to need hospitalisation, invasive ventilation and intensive care admissions, according to the study, which has been published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network Open...
Uganda reports worrisome increase in Ebola cases in capital
There is no proven vaccine for the Sudan strain of Ebola that's circulating in Uganda. Ugandan officials by Thursday had documented more than 1,800 Ebola contacts, 747 of whom had completed 21 days of monitoring for possible signs of the disease that manifests as a...
Strict parenting can genetically lead children to depression: Study
Dr Evelien Van Assche said: "We discovered that perceived harsh parenting, with physical punishment and psychological manipulation, can introduce an additional set of instructions on how a gene is read to become hard-wired into DNA. We have some indications that these...
Researchers give new insights into genetic causes of high cholesterol
According to the World Health Organization, high cholesterol is a leading contributor to disease burden in nations of all income levels, is a risk factor for heart disease and stroke, and is thought to be responsible for 2.6 million deaths annually globally A new...
Study finds number of hours worked in stressful jobs led to risk of depression
"This analysis suggests strongly that reducing the average number of work hours would make a difference in the degree to which interns' depressive symptoms increase over time, and reduce the number who develop diagnosable depression," says Amy Bohnert, PhD, the...
Omicron Covid variant may have originated in animals, finds study
"Animal to human transmission of coronaviruses will likely continue to threaten global health. It has been suggested that all coronaviruses circulating in humans came from animals," said Li. Washington: The Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus may have been...
BMW chief warns against setting gas-powered phase-out date
Oliver Zipse, chairman,BMW "We don't want cars to be taken away out of the base segment, politically that's super dangerous," Zipse said. "If you all of a sudden make car ownership only for rich people, it's a dangerous thing." US President Joe Biden has called for...