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Strenuous exercise increases the risk of motor neurone disease, scientists find

Frequent strenuous exercise increases the risk of motor neurone disease, British scientists have discovered. The condition was made famous by cosmologist Stephen Hawking but also tends to disproportionately affect sports stars. Researchers analysed the UK Biobank study group of around half a million Brits which included genetic data, health records and detailed surveys on their… Read More »

COVID: Scientists report T-cell immunity in major boost – ‘Cautiously optimistic’

COVID-19 is an infectious disease that has been confirmed in almost 50 million people across the world, while more than one million have died from the virus. If you develop any of the key coronavirus symptoms, you should get tested for the infection straight away. The UK has seen a sharp rise in the number… Read More »

Scientists may have cracked a cellular secret to living a longer life

Do you want to live forever? Well, maybe not forever, but for a long, long, long time? An international group of scientists from several universities has announced an exciting breakthrough in boosting lifespan. In fact, their work has resulted in an organism living five times longer than it normally would have. This is obviously incredibly… Read More »

Scientists Were Hunting for the Next Ebola. Now the U.S. Has Cut Off Their Funding.

In a move that worries many public health experts, the federal government is quietly shutting down a surveillance program for dangerous animal viruses that someday may infect humans. The United Nations Environment Program estimates that a new animal disease that can also infect humans is discovered every four months. Ending the program, experts fear, will… Read More »