Health & Medicine

Number of people with dementia could triple by 2050

However, preventive measures, including improved access to education and healthy lifestyles, could reverse that trend. Dementia is currently the seventh leading cause of death...

Resistant germs before the antibiotic era

Methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus occur in hedgehogs, which apparently arose before the clinical use of antibiotics. (Image: kwasny221 / iStock Although modern medicine...

1.8 million additional deaths from urban air pollution

Air pollution in the city. (Image: Chris Leboutillier) Whether fine dust, nitrogen oxides or other pollutants - the air is thick in many metropolises...

Twenty new jumbo viruses discovered on human skin

These jumbo viruses – very large viruses that attack bacteria – appear to live mainly on our hands and feet. Microbiomes – communities of...

How the fetus communicates with the placenta

Fetus and placenta on day 12 after fertilization. (Image: Ionel Sandovici) To ensure that the fetus is supplied with nutrients in the womb, the...

1500 languages ​​are about to disappear for good

According to researchers, there is a real 'language diversity crisis'. “We must act now.” At present, about 7,000 languages ​​are spoken worldwide. ...

The coronavirus appears to have also targeted deer

At least three virus variants have been discovered in wild white-tailed deer at six different locations in the US state of Ohio. Deer also...

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