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High blood sugar ups Covid-19 death risk in non-diabetics too: Study
The findings show patients with abnormally high glucose levels were more than twice as likely to die from the virus than those with normal readings (41.4 per cent compared to 15.7 per cent).
People above 45 at more risk of STIs: Study
The results showed that a significant number of participants were unaware of the risks of STI, while 46 per cent did not know the location of their nearest healthcare centre.
Vegans, vegetarians at higher risk of bone fractures: Study
According to the findings, published in the journal BMC Medicine, vegetarians and people who ate fish but not meat had a higher risk of hip fractures, compared to people who ate meat.
Worries of widespread 'tech addiction' may be overblown: Study
Published in Advances in Life Course Research, the paper is part of a four-year National Science Foundation-funded project aimed at exploring how the mobile Internet age truly is shaping America's youth.
NASA rover helps scientists find signs of megafloods on Mars
The most likely cause of the Mars flooding was the melting of ice from the heat generated by a large impact, which released carbon dioxide and methane from the planet's frozen reservoirs.
NASA-ESA launch mission to monitor rising global sea level
The spacecraft is named in honour of Michael Freilich, the former director of NASA's Earth Science Division, who was a leading figure in advancing ocean observations from space.
Study reveals why age is no barrier to successful weight loss
"Weight loss is important at any age, but as we get older, we're more likely to develop the weight-related co-morbidities of obesity," said study lead author Thomas Barber from the University of Warwick in the UK.
NASA set to launch new satellite to monitor rising sea level
Global sea level is rising approximately 0.13 inches (3.3 millimeters) a year. That's 30 per cent more than when NASA launched its first satellite mission to measure ocean heights in 1992.
New model shows promise to treat lung fibrosis in Covid patients
Experiments in mouse models of lung fibrosis showed that administering blockers of an epigenetic regulator called MBD2 via intratracheal inhalation protected the mice against fibrotic lung injury, highlighting a potential viable therapy.
New research reveals early origins of the solar system, life on Earth
Researchers at the University of Rochester were able to use magnetism to determine for the first time when carbonaceous chondrite asteroids (that are rich in water and amino acids) first arrived in the inner solar system, in a new paper published in the journal Nature Communications Earth and Environment.
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