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Consuming vegetables can protect us from air pollutants

Published on: June 9, 2022
18:17

Amsterdam, Jun 9 (Prensa Latina) A new research led by the University of Delaware has found that increasing daily intake of apiaceous veggies, including celery, carrots and parsley could reduce the effects of air pollutants in our bodies, The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry reported on Thursday.

Male smokers are at increased risk of bone fractures, early death

Published on: June 9, 2022
17:42

London, Jun 9 (Prensa Latina) A new study from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) has revealed that male smokers –who, demographically, are more likely than women to light up- are also placing themselves at a significantly increased risk exposed to a higher risk of osteoporosis, bone fractures, and early death.

Microplastics can carry parasites to ocean

Published on: April 26, 2022
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Washington, Apr 26 (Prensa Latina) Microplastics are a pathway for pathogens on land to reach the ocean, with likely consequences for human and wildlife health, according to a study from the Scientific Reports journal.

One of the world´s biggest sea snails at risk of extinction

Published on: April 7, 2022
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Washington, Apr 7 (Prensa Latina) Horse conchs, one of the biggest in the world, are at risk of extinction due to a century of unregulated harvesting of their gigantic seashell, a research revealed Thursday. In the American scientific journal PLUS ONE, the authors warned that the striking species that inhibit in the Gulf of Mexico, could be at risk of extinction, while the one that inhabits in Florida lives a shorter lifespan and reproduces later than expected.

Delegation from Cuba’s IFV concludes visit to Italy

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Published on: March 11, 2022
13:21

Rome, Mar 11 (Prensa Latina) A delegation from Cuba's Finlay Vaccines Institute (IFV), headed by its general director, Dr. Vicente Verez, left on Friday for France and expressed satisfaction with the results of a week-long stay in Italy.

Vitamin D3 helps strengthen defenses against Covid-19 – Study

Published on: February 24, 2022
19:41

Bern, Feb 24 (Prensa Latina) Vitamin D3 could balance people's immune system and help strengthen defenses against viral infections including Covid-19, the Swiss publication Frontiers in Immunology reported Thursday.

Muslim communities among most discriminated against in UK – Report

Published on: January 25, 2022
18:03

London, Jan 25 (Prensa Latina) British Muslim communities have expressed their deep concern about being one of the most discriminated ones across the country, according to a new report on Islamophobia published on Monday.

APOE4 allele gene linked to increased risk of severe Covid-19

Published on: December 30, 2021
16:59

Berlin, Dec 30 (Prensa Latina) The APOE4 allele, a typical genetic variant of Alzheimer's disease, increases the risk of suffering from severe Covid-19, according to a study published by German journal 'Acta Neuropathologica Communications'.

Socio-emotional skills of Cuban students stand out in UNESCO study

Published on: December 19, 2021
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Paris, Dec 19 (Prensa Latina) Cuban students obtained outstanding results in a UNESCO study on education in Latin America and the Caribbean, a research that addressed the socio-emotional skills for the first time, the organization reported recently.

Shark antibody-like proteins neutralize Covid-19 virus

Published on: December 16, 2021
19:22

London, Dec 16 (Prensa Latina) Small, unique antibody-like proteins known as VNARs - derived from the immune system of sharks – can prevent the virus that causes Covid-19, its variants, and related coronaviruses form infecting human cells, according to a new study published Dec. 16.

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