Proteins are the building blocks of your body. They are needed to form all your blood cells, making them an essential part of your diet. Proteins not only help keep your hair and nails healthy, […]
According to a global study published in medical journal the Lancet Global Health on account of World Hypertension Day reveals that that 34.5 percent of people worldwide are suffering from high blood pressure, which is […]
Scientists have developed a novel tool that can accurately predict eye, hair and skin colour from even a small DNA samples left at a crime scene or obtained from archeological remains. The all-in-one pigmentation profile tool […]
This, they said, was because children being delivered through C-section under some risk condition or in cases of early delivery, have immature lungs, making them prone to picking up inflammatory disease in their early years. […]
A device that could one day “allow the blind to see or the paralysed to feel touch” by projecting holograms onto brain cells is being developed by scientists. By using light as a tool to alter brain function, it […]
As people grow old, they tend to concentrate more on the positive. As a result, they may be more likely to get ripped off. The quest to understand why the elderly fall for scams has long focused […]
There’s little more satisfying than that feeling you get when the penny finally drops. That glistening, pristine moment of insight. Finally, neuroscientists have tracked down its home in our brains. Puzzles are popular worldwide; they […]
Remember being in middle school and preparing for an exam? Chances are you spent your study time paging through your class notes or rereading the textbook. Maybe you highlighted important details as you went. We […]
Dementia affects more than 850,000 people in the UK, according to the NHS. The condition is the name given to a group of symptoms linked to an ongoing decline in brain function. It’s a neurodegenerative condition, meaning […]
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