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While breast cancer is relatively rare in teens, there’s a one-in-eight chance you could develop it during your lifetime—which is why thinking about ways you can prevent it is super important now. “The teen years are the window of susceptibility for breast cancer,” says Dr. Marisa Weiss, the president and founder of breastcancer.org and author […]
We reported earlier that The World Health Organisation (WHO) would declare Nigeria free of Ebola Virus Today. Well, it’s happened! The World Health Organisation moments ago (Monday) declared Nigeria officially Ebola-free, after 42 days — or two incubation periods — without any new confirmed cases of the deadly virus. “The virus is gone for now.
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The World Health Organisation is preparing to announce that Nigeria has not had a confirmed case of Ebola for 42 days – or two incubation periods of 21 days – just as it did for Senegal on Friday. WHO on Friday declared Senegal free of Ebola after 42 days passed without a new confirmed case.
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No one ever thinks they’re really going to grow old. The last thing on your mind when you’re in your teens and twenties is what your life will be like in a few decades. Yet so many women wish they could turn back the clock and just be a little kinder to themselves. The harsh
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Cough medicines are waste of money, doctors declared today. Leading general practitioners have dismissed the products – and say traditional home made remedies with lemon or honey to be the best approach. The NHS website advises: ‘There’s little evidence to suggest cough medicines actually work, although some ingredients may help treat symptoms associated with a
If you thought you had to stretch before and after exercise to prevent injury, then you wouldn’t be alone. But this is just one of a number of common practices that actually don’t do anything beneficial for your health. The top five physiotherapy myths have been publicly busted by the world’s largest physiotherapy clinical research
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Researchers have warned that urinating in swimming pools could lead to health problems. The scientists that carried out the research said they found out that compounds in urine mixed with chlorine can cause chemicals that have been linked to respiratory effects in swimmers to form. They warned swimmers to stop the common practice after analysing
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Were you out sick that day when the teacher explained the menstrual cycle? Or, perhaps, you haven’t been taught yet? Don’t worry. A new video from the YouTube series ASAPScience will fill you in. It explains the ins and outs of a woman’s monthly cycle–and debunks a popular myth about premenstrual syndrome, or PMS. “PMS
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Hello sir, I was just wondering, if you and your partner are both virgins, could either of us catch an STI or STD from oral sex? I probably should have considered this before, and I will in the future, but I’m just wondering what the chances are. RESPONSE: A common myth about sexually transmitted diseases
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An eight-year-old boy – nicknamed ‘Jaws’ by his friends – has grown a second row of teeth after suffering from a condition known as ‘paediatric shark teeth’. Zak Brown, from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, must spend extra time brushing and visiting the dentist to maintain his two sets after his baby teeth did not fall out when
