Brazil registers almost 100,000 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday
FILE PHOTO: A woman and a child hold oxygen tanks, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in the Moacyr do Carmo hospital in Duque de Caxias near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May 20, 2021. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares(Reuters) – Brazil registered 2,507…
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13 Best Keto-Friendly Beverages When You’re Tired of Water
If you’re trying your hand at the keto diet, you know you’ll have to ration your carbs very carefully. The low-carb, high-fat diet allows just 10 percent of your daily calories to come from carbohydrates, in order for your body…
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Diabetes diet may lower blood pressure, reducing need for drugs
In a study of people with type 2 diabetes and obesity on a low energy replacement diet within a structured intensive weight loss program, 28% of participants could stop blood pressure medication for at least 2 years. The main adverse…
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Peru Revises Pandemic Death Toll, Now Worst in the World Per Capita
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru on Monday almost tripled its official COVID-19 death toll to 180,764, following a government review, making it the country with the worst death rate per capita, according to Johns Hopkins University data. Peru has been among…
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Early exposure to cannabis compounds reduces later neural activity in zebrafish
Zebrafish exposed to the leading cannabinoids found in cannabis in the earliest stages of development suffer a significant drop in neural activity later in life, according to a University of Alberta study that has implications for prenatal development in humans….
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Concert Cost: $18 if You’re Vaccinated, $1000 if Not
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. An upcoming punk rock show in Florida has an unusual price structure: Those who are vaccinated against COVID-19 by mid-June can buy a ticket for $18,…
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Woman Donates Kidney to Hubby’s Ex-Wife Days After Wedding
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Ten years after their first date, Debby Neal-Strickland put on a cream-colored lace gown and married her longtime sweetheart at their Florida church. Two days later, she put on a hospital gown and donated a…
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A Secret Relationship With A Woman Helped Me Understand My Bisexuality
September 16-23, GLAAD, the Bisexual Resource Center, and Still Bisexual recognize the bisexual+ community for Bisexual Awareness Week — leading up to Celebrate Bisexuality+ Day on September 23. To celebrate bis everywhere, here’s an essay originally published in April 2016…
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Antibiotics no help for mysterious lung-scarring disease, large trial finds
Doctors have hoped that antibiotics could benefit patients with chronic lung diseases, but a new study has found no benefit for patients with life-threatening idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in preventing hospitalization or death. While there were no statistical benefits for patients…
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What the new Covid-19 variants mean for parents and kids
In the second wave many children are contracting Covid and in fact, the number of consultations with paediatricians this year is more than it was in the first wave. By Dr Vikas Satwik With the second wave hitting India with…
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