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Drinking coffee may reduce your liver cancer risk by 50%

Researchers at Queen's University recently conducted a study on the link between coffee consumption and digestive cancers, specifically hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), which is the...

Road noise can literally make your blood pressure higher

Living near a busy road can be a major annoyance, with constant traffic sounds from roaring engines, honking horns, and wailing sirens filling the...

Older people suffering from depression age faster, study finds

Dementia is a syndrome that refers to a decline in cognitive function that interferes with daily activities. It is a progressive condition that affects memory,...

New exercise therapy may benefit people with common heart failure

According to a recent report from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology, exercise therapy could be a safe and effective...

Fiber in diet lowers cognitive decline risk in older people with Alzheimer’s gene

Fiber is a type of carbohydrate found in plant-based foods such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, and legumes. Unlike other carbohydrates, fiber is not...

Dairy foods and red meat directly linked to cancer risk

Research has suggested that there may be a link between cancer and diet. While many factors can contribute to the development of cancer, including genetics,...

Cannabis use may cause fertility problems in women, study finds

A new study from the University of California, Irvine has found that exposure to tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a compound found in cannabis, at a young...

Added sugar in your diet may increase risk of high blood pressure

Researchers at the University of Delaware recently conducted a study on the relationship between diet and high blood pressure in older adults. High blood pressure,...

Alcohol overdrinking and anxiety connect to each other, study finds

Anxiety sensitivity is a condition where people feel very scared about getting anxious or worried. When people with anxiety sensitivity drink alcohol, they may drink...

This waist number could predict death risk in heart failure

Heart failure is a chronic disease in which the heart muscle is unable to pump enough blood to meet the body's needs. It can occur...

Frozen and tinned foods can be just as nutritious as fresh produce – here’s...

The ongoing cost of living crisis and fruit and vegetable shortages have left many people worrying about how they’re going to get these important...

Breast cancer: progestogen-only and combined birth control both increase risk – here’s what you...

Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer worldwide, with around 2.3 million women diagnosed with the disease every year. In the...

Americans’ IQ scores are lower in some areas, higher in one

IQ scores have substantially increased from 1932 through the 20th century, with differences ranging from three to five IQ points per decade, according to...

Alcohol overdrinking and anxiety connect to each other, study finds

Anxiety sensitivity is a condition where people feel very scared about getting anxious or worried. When people with anxiety sensitivity drink alcohol, they may drink...

Widely used diabetes drug may protect heart and kidney health

People living with type 2 diabetes are at high risk of developing heart attacks, strokes, heart failure, and end-stage kidney disease. However, researchers at Monash...

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Our Earth has an even more inner core, and it’s a ball of solid...

Scientists discover evidence for another distinct layer (a solid metal ball) in the center of Earth’s inner core – an “innermost inner core.”

Scientists discover new substance that could form in Europa’s deep oceans

A new substance created in a lab on Earth could form at the surface and bottom of Europa’s deep oceans, say researchers.

How do black holes make a shadow

It’s notoriously difficult to take a picture of a black hole. But when they are surrounded by material we have an opportunity to witness the...

Ultramassive black holes: how does the universe produce objects so massive?

Black holes are the most massive objects that we know of in the Universe. Not stellar mass black holes, not supermassive black holes (SMBHs,) but...

Scientists predict how fast ancient magma ocean solidified

Early in the formation of Earth, an ocean of magma covered the planet’s surface and stretched thousands of miles deep into its core. The rate...