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Premature Birth Could Impact Life Span for Decades

FRIDAY, Nov. 29, 2024 -- Premature babies not only face serious and immediate health consequences: New research shows they are also more likely to die early, a risk that persists into their 30s. "Understanding the long-term effects of preterm birth...

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Drinking Lots of Water Really Is Good for You, Study Finds

FRIDAY, Nov. 29, 2024 -- The collected evidence is in, and drinking about eight cups of water per day is, in fact, good for you. So says a University of California San Francisco team who crunched the data from 18 randomized controlled...

France24.com (en) 

Arrests, intimidation stoke fear in Pakistan's politics

"It's not easy to be a politician in Pakistan," says Maryam, the wife of an MP from Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, who was briefly detained. After her husband fled into hiding, Maryam was taken at gunpoint into a car by "unknown people" to be questioned, and has lived since in "constant fear". Pakistani politics has been scarred for decades by coups, arrests, jailings and assassinations, and while all parties have experienced repression at some time, Khan and PTI have been at the... Читать дальше...

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Showdown looms on plastic treaty days before deadline

With just two days of talks left, countries seeking an ambitious treaty urged delegations that "have not moved a centimetre" to make compromises or "get out of the way." Panama's delegation head even warned that the UN's usual consensus process could be abandoned for a vote if progress stalled further. "If there is not a full consensus and we can go to voting, one country, one vote, we're also looking forward to that option," said Juan Carlos Monterrey Gomez. Nearly 200 nations are in South Korea's... Читать дальше...

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Most Americans Don't Know Alcohol's Links to Cancer

FRIDAY, Nov. 29, 2024 — Less than half of Americans realize that they're increasing their risk of cancer with every beer, cocktail or shot of whiskey. Despite public health warnings about the links between drinking and cancer risk, this...

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Kids From Poorer Homes May Have Worse Outcomes If MS Strikes

FRIDAY, Nov. 29, 2024 -- A child from a poorer neighborhood is more prone to severe illness once they develop multiple sclerosis (MS) compared to children growing up in more affluent areas, new research shows. The study of 138 MS patients who'd...

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Biofuels: Feeding the Earth or Feeding the Engine?

Aissa Dearing, Big Think

JSTOR Daily isn't new to the biofuel conversation. Many contributors have written optimistically about the contributions of the biofuel industry to