Here’s how Science Explains Weight Gain Due to Eating Immediately before Bed

Food and sleep have a remarkable relationship. Both are needed in the right quantities and in happy sync to achieve a healthy mind and body. However, modern-day living has given birth to a few misconceptions about food, which lead to an unhealthy lifestyle. These are things most of us do without realizing their harmful effects. According to scientists, immediately hitting […]

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Serum ammonia, hospital mortality linked in ICU cirrhosis patients

For patients with cirrhosis in the intensive care unit (ICU), there is an association between early serum ammonia and hospital mortality, according to a study published online July 20 in Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Filipe S. Cardoso, M.D., from Nova Medical School in Lisbon, Portugal, and colleagues assessed the impact of serum ammonia variation on outcomes in critically ill patients […]

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Colorism Has People Ignoring Risks to Lighten Skin

Many people lighten their skin because they believe it will give them more advantages in life. They often ignore the health risks that lightening may pose, according to researchers from the University of Chicago. What to Know While skin lightening is most often used to treat a medical dermatologic disease or post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, it is sometimes used because of “colorism,” […]

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Study explores impact of childhood trauma on sexual function in midlife women

One out of three children will have at least one stressful or traumatic childhood experience, including things such as their parents divorcing or a family member with a drug or alcohol problem, according to the latest National Survey of Children’s Health. In a new study, Mayo Clinic researchers found that such adverse childhood experiences may be linked to sexual inactivity […]

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Team discovers mechanisms of rare disease that is often fatal if Epstein-Barr virus infects individual

A University of Ottawa-led research team has published new research that advances a quest to understand an ultra-rare disease that’s found almost exclusively in boys. The study was published in PLOS Pathogens. XLP-2 is a genetic X-linked lymphoproliferative disease first described in 2006. It typically has severe complications among patients who become infected with the Epstein-Barr virus, an exceedingly common […]

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