For many of us, it’s the drink we reach for at lunch, during a movie, or when we need a quick burst of energy. It feels refreshing in the moment, but research shows this sweet habit may actually be shaving years off our lives. Scientists warn that one of the world’s most popular beverages doesn’t just damage our health—it accelerates …
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A sudden red blotch on the white of the eye can look dramatic, but in most cases, it’s not dangerous. The condition, known as a subconjunctival hemorrhage, occurs when a tiny blood vessel bursts beneath the clear surface layer covering the white part of the eye. This type of bleeding is typically painless, doesn’t affect vision and clears up on …
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Scientists discovered strikingly high levels of a common virus in the brains of people with Parkinson’s disease, a finding that points to a potential cause for the neurological disorder. Researchers from Northwestern Medicine analyzed the brains of people who had Parkinson’s disease and some of those without it. They found remnants of the human pegavirus (HPgV) in half of all …
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A former Michigan State grad student blamed her thyroid cancer on the school, which allegedly told her that “exposure was harmless” when she worked with various pesticides and herbicides, she and her lawyers said on Monday. LingLong Wei was diagnosed with thyroid cancer on June 26 last year in a health downturn that’s “directly related to events that took place …
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A man suffering from an aggressive form of lung cancer experienced an extremely rare complication of the disease – with one of his fingers and toes swelling unexplainably. It turns out, the bones in his digits had been ‘completely replaced’ by cancerous tumors as the cancer spread throughout his body. The 55-year-old from Australia had been diagnosed with metastatic squamous-cell lung …
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