Close to 100% of parents "terminate" pregnancy if the child is likely to be born with down syndrome (~85% accuracy), 98% in Denmark. Image Credit: U.S. National Library of Medicine
David Montes on 15th Aug

Since prenatal screening tests became so used among pregnant women, the possibility of abortion has risen. Now, new research...

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David Montes on 14th Aug

A West-Australian bodybuilder mom died on June 19 after an overdose of proteins and supplements, according to her family....

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Adriana Bello on 14th Aug

The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday that cholera cases in Yemen this year hit the half a million mark over...

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David Montes on 14th Aug

On Monday, a group of scientists at Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute in Los Angeles, CA, discovered through a world-first experiment a...

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Adriana Bello on 14th Aug

A new report suggests fleas are testing positive for the plague in some counties of Arizona. Officials in two counties in...

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Adriana Bello on 13th Aug

Dr. Ruth Pfau, a German nun who was known as the “mother of leprosy patients” in Pakistan, died Thursday at the age of...

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The very first state-licensed medical marijuana dispensary of Hawaii has opened its doors; however, the state’s lab...

US scientists have developed a new plant-based vaccine for treating the Zika virus. Image credit: Manjurul Haque / EyeEm / Getty / New Scientist
David Montes on 13th Aug

US scientists have developed a new plant-based vaccine for treating the Zika virus. Researchers believe it might be the cheapest,...

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Adriana Bello on 13th Aug

A group of scientists successfully created gene-edited piglets without any viruses that might cause disease in humans. The...

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According to a new study, the alcohol use disorder or “alcoholism” is overlooked in the United States. About one out...