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Other lives: Civil servant with the Ministry of Defence who later joined the Department of Peace Studies at Bradford University

A topic that has been long debated has finally been put to bed

While there is a long history of doctor-poets – one giant of mid-20th-century poetry, William Carlos Williams, was famously also a pediatrician – few people seem to know this or understand the power of combining the humanities and medicine.

The tiny microbes inside us exist in a fermenting soup and the drugs they produce to survive can alter our bodies

"Regular circadian rhythms (our eating and sleeping times) help to maintain normal body functions"

India registered about 12 lakh new cancer cases and 9.3 lakh deaths in 2019, becoming the second highest contributor to the disease burden in Asia for that year, according to a new study published in The Lancet Regional Health Southeast Asia journal.

25% of our longevity is determined by our genes; the rest is seemingly determined by what we do. The post Epidemiologist Recommends Doing These 5 Things To Extend Your Lifespan And Increase Your Health first appeared on Bored Panda.

A latest research has shown how a specific type of neuron in the brain influences the release of hormones that control ovarian function in females. Read further on Dynamite News:

There are just four letters in the genetic alphabet, which stand for the four nucleotides, which are the molecules that make up all DNA. Read further on Dynamite News:

Humans have demonstrated that having large brains are key to our evolutionary success, and yet such brains are extremely rare in other animals. Most get by on tiny brains, and don’t seem to miss the extra brain cells

Australian scientists have identified a novel way for epithelial cells, which form layers in organs such as the skin and stomach, to adhere to one another and perceive growth signals at these attachments, allowing them to produce tissues of the proper size and shape. Read further on Dynamite News: