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Vegan Diet Reduces Swollen Joints By 53 Percent in Arthritis Patients, Study Finds

April 19, 2022 Sharika Soukup

A low-fat vegan diet can offer relief to people suffering from joint pain brought on by rheumatoid arthritis, according to a new study. Conducted by Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) and published in the scientific journal American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, the study consisted of 44 adults previously diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. At the…

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More African Americans have gained health insurance following adoption of the Affordable Care Act, HHS report finds

February 25, 2022 Sharika Soukup

Nearly 1 million Black American adults would become eligible for medical insurance if 12 holdout states expanded Medicaid eligibility under the ACA, according to the HHS report. Story continues below advertisement “There’s a clear policy choice that’s being made by those states that runs counter to the interests of a large number of people who…

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Switching to a Plant-Based Diet Can Add 10 Years to Your Life, Study Finds

February 24, 2022 Sharika Soukup

Consuming a plant-based diet, especially early in life, has been linked to prolonging an individual’s life by up to 10 years, a study published this week in the journal PLOS Medicine found. Researchers from Norway set out to better understand how sustained dietary differences affect life expectancy, given that dietary risk factors are estimated to…

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Second-hand e-cigarette vapour increases risk of poor respiratory health, study finds

January 14, 2022 Sharika Soukup

Young adults who are exposed to second-hand e-cigarette vapour at home have an increased risk of bronchitic symptoms and shortness of breath, an observational study has suggested. Primary and second-hand exposure to vaping was highly prevalent among adolescents and young adults but there had been little research investigating the effects of second-hand vape exposure…

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Jupiter’s Icy Moon Europa Has Water Vapour, But In One Hemisphere, NASA Hubble Finds Proof

October 20, 2021 Sharika Soukup

New Delhi: Jupiter’s icy moon Europa has the presence of persistent water vapour, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has found. However, surprisingly, the evidence of this was found only in one hemisphere. Europa has an icy surface, underneath which a vast ocean flows. The ocean may provide conditions favourable to support life. This observation is of…

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Hubble Finds Persistent Presence of Water Vapour on Jupiter’s Moon Europa, Hinting At Hospitable Conditions for Life | The Weather Channel – Articles from The Weather Channel

October 19, 2021 Sharika Soukup

Europa (NASA/JPL-Caltech/SETI Institute) The Hubble Space Telescope observations of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa have revealed the presence of persistent water vapour, suggesting potential conditions hospitable for life, according to NASA. Hubble is an international cooperation between the US space agency and the European Space Agency. Astronomers at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Space and…

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Hubble finds persistent water vapour in Jupiter’s moon : The Tribune India

October 18, 2021 Sharika Soukup

Washington, Oct 15 The Hubble Space Telescope observations of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa have revealed the presence of persistent water vapour, suggesting potential conditions hospitable for life, according to NASA. Hubble is an international cooperation between the US space agency and the European Space Agency. Astronomers at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Space and…

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