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Caffeine only makes you alert, coffee makes you ‘ready to go’, say scientists
"There is a common expectation that coffee increases alertness and...
Transgender people at higher risk of suicide: Study
“The observed excess of suicidal behaviour and mortality might, at...
Sony, Honda Motor team up to develop and sell electric vehicles
Honda will be responsible for manufacturing the first model, while Sony will develop the mobility service platform, they said “In the joint venture, we would like to lead the mobility evolution by combining our technology and experience with Honda's long experience in...
Ukraine crisis highlights Big Tech’s potential to disrupt daily life
Russia's central bank said last week that cards of banks that fell under international sanctions - including VTB Group, Sovcombank, Novikombank, Promsvyazbank, and Otkritie - would not be able to be used with the digital wallets The disruptions were "striking" and...
Exposure to green outdoors had positive mental health impact during pandemic
Surprisingly, the study found no association between being diagnosed with COVID and having poor mental health. But respondents reported that having symptoms, no diagnosis and no way to test was distressing. Those who lost income or felt they were working in an unsafe...
Covid-19: Omicron is 40% deadlier than seasonal flu, study finds
The decline in mortality with omicron could reflect both the reduced virulence of the strain, particularly in comparison to the delta variant, and the benefits of vaccination, the researcher said The omicron strain of Covid-19 is at least 40% more lethal than seasonal...
Extended prescription for chronic diseases helped India cope better during Covid, say health experts
''While all non communicable diseases require a continuum of care and treatment, it is critically important to focus on hypertension and diabetes, also called the silent epidemics of India. For the 22 crore hypertension patients, over 8 crore diabetics and other NCD...
Rash-causing moth spreading due to warming, scientists find
The growth and spread of the moth is tied to increasingly warm weather, especially in the fall, the scientists wrote recently in the journal Environmental Entomology. And, unfortunately, climate trends suggest upcoming years could be even worse A forest pest that...
Research discovers better treatment for Parkinson’s disease
In Parkinson's disease, nerve cells that produce dopamine progressively die. Since the 1960s, doctors have relied on medication to replace the missing dopamine, but it is notoriously difficult to fully control symptoms as the disease progresses Even though there is no...
Canada clears world’s first plant-based vaccine against Covid-19
Covifenz is made from proteins, grown in plants, that look like the virus that causes Covid-19 to the human immune system, according to Medicago’s website. The vaccine also uses Glaxo’s pandemic adjuvant, a substance that boosts the immune system’s response The...
Rising incomes more harmful to environment than population growth
The Global Population Growth and Sustainable Development report, launched on Wednesday, is the latest in a series on major demographic trends The number of people on the planet more than tripled since 1950 and could reach nearly 11 billion by the end of the century,...
How the World Health Organization might face future pandemics
A new pact is among more than 200 recommendations for shoring up the world's defences against new pathogens made by various reviewers following the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed more than 6.2 million people in two years Suggested proposals for the pact include the...