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Hydroxychloroquine fake news study debunked by science

More than 100 doctors and statisticians from various countries have just warned of serious irregularities in the largest study on the effectiveness of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine against covid-19. Those responsible for the initiative have demanded that the work data be reviewed so that it is corrected or withdrawn. The study in question has caused a worldwide cataclysm around two possible treatments that just a few months ago were considered ...Read full article...

From hunger to malnutrition in one generation

The world is moving towards a picture in which the numbers of hungry are timidly declining and the number of overweight people is increasing at a worrying rate. The largest annual nutrition report highlights data such as that there is a “staggering” number of 677.6 million obese adults in the world and that 149 million children under the age of five are stunted. Experts issue two caveats: you have ...Read full article...

Being patient is not the privilege of saints

Facing the wait with a good attitude is not a frequent characteristic of mortals, but it is not a virtue of the soul, either. Science defends its importance as a psychological protection factor in stressful situations, but developing this quality is difficult, even more so in the uncertainty of confinement. The good thing is that there are ways of cultivating the art of patience, and of maintaining some control ...Read full article...

What are the emotional consequences of confinement?

Being separated from relatives and friends has consequences that are never addressed by health care professionals during their public appearances. The duration of confinement is prolonged and many people may be suffering emotionally. Not even WhatsApp audios, video calls and phone calls serve as relief for people who have not hugged their parents, siblings and friends for several weeks. When the reason for the physical disunity between family or ...Read full article...

Science exposes expert advice and denial on Coronavirus spread

Yesterday we exposed what we believe to be negligent behavior by governments, politicians and doctors regarding the Covid-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS CoV-2 virus. We presented evidence to debunk beliefs about the extent of the contagion caused by Covid-19, including the fact that the virus is transmitted through inhalation of contaminated air particles, at distances greater than a meter and a half, which is the space to which ...Read full article...

The two big lies about Coronavirus

Science, as we know, is undoubtedly not exact. Scientific discoveries overright themselves at breakneck speed, especially when we talk about medicine and healthcare treatments. It is well-known that not everything that is discovered in our visible and invisible worlds is immediately communicated to the public, most of the time due to commercial and financial interests. That is why it is outrageous and unthinkable that life-saving information that would surely ...Read full article...

Do you need supplements to have a stronger immune system?

If you are looking for a simple and straight-forward answer, the truth is that you really do not need supplements. If you are looking for an easy and immediate formula to make yourself immune to the coronavirus pandemic, don’t read on. It does not exist. Trusting the many offers that you will find these days, whether in the form of a vitamin supplement, probiotic, propolis-based or through alternative therapy in ...Read full article...

Coronavirus: The true purpose of mass isolation

Scientists had been concerned for a month with a fundamental coronavirus issue. They knew that China had managed to somehow control infections, in particular the city of Wuhan, with 11 million inhabitants, because of the decision to isolate the whole city from the rest of the country. But would such measures be possible in Western democracies? The answer is yes, but all other nations failed to do it. What ...Read full article...

Cancer treatment multiplies by three the risk of cardiovascular complications

Radiation therapy and chemotherapy usually have cardiovascular complications among their side effects. Cancer treatment multiplies the risk of cardiovascular complications by three, while representing the most frequent cause of death among women who survive breast cancer or lymphoma, according to the Spanish Heart Foundation (FEC). Thus, an important, and sometimes “belittled” side effect of some cancer treatments are heart problems, according to the National Cancer Institute of the United ...Read full article...

What kind of procrastinator are you?

We are all procrastinators but we each have our style. That is why there are no strategies that work for everyone or magic solutions that can be applied in any case, although there are some recommendations that can help in the short term. To find a useful solution to the bad habit of leaving everything to the last moment, it is necessary to know what kind of procrastinator each ...Read full article...

Renewable Polluters: Alternative Energy is worse than Fossil Fuels

Renewable energies require a large number of metals and rare earth materials whose extraction produces, in the places where they are obtained, contamination of the soil far superior to that of fossil fuels. The extraction of minerals, which has propelled China’s economic miracle caused air quality to plummet. Although this so-called black gold continues to contribute more than half of the country’s energy needs, which will be the main ...Read full article...

Climate Change and a greener world

Climate change will fertilize millions of hectares in the coldest areas of the planet. As global warming caused by climate change progresses, huge amounts of land now barren will become fertile for agriculture. A study has projected the viability of several crops in the most likely climatic scenarios. By the end of the century, in large portions of the Siberian taiga, the Canadian boreal forests and slopes of the ...Read full article...

Air pollution kills more children than anything else

Pneumonia, often caused by air pollution, is the leading cause of infant mortality. Every 40 seconds a child under five years of age dies from pneumonia. There are 2,000 deaths every day, and about 800,000 in a year. Pneumonia is the leading cause of infant mortality in the world. It is the global shame that the Global Forum on Childhood Pneumonia wanted to highlight. A reality well known, but ...Read full article...

Quitting smoking DOES help cells regenerate healthy tissue

Lung cancer claims approximately two million lives a year in the world, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Tobacco use is responsible for between 80% and 90% of cases of this disease. Smoking this harmful substance causes between 1,000 and 10,000 abnormal mutations and alterations for each cell and thus leaves a free path to tumor formation. A study, published Wednesday in Nature, shows that quitting this habit, ...Read full article...

Female infertility and how to delay it

If a couple of healthy twenty-year-old girl and boy have sex every two or three days without using contraceptive methods, their probability of pregnancy will be around 25% monthly. When you turn 30, that percentage begins to decline very slowly. Although the man is responsible for about a third of cases of sterility in a couple, the advanced age of women is currently the main cause. From the age ...Read full article...