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05/05/2018 / By JD Heyes

Study finds that eating fast food has a negative effect on pregnancy rates by lowering fertility in women

If you needed more evidence that what we eat is having a net negative effect on the global population, here it is. A new study found that the more women eat fast food instead of fresh fruits and vegetables, the less fertile they become and, hence, the less likely they are to get pregnant in […]

02/24/2018 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Dangerous sedative drug still being prescribed to seniors despite warnings, according to new research

Benzodiazepine, a kind of psychoactive drug, enables people to sleep or feel calm. However, in senior citizens, the use of benzodiazepine is associated with increased risk of broken hips, car crashes, and falls. This is the reason why they are considered by international guidelines as drugs that a minimal number of older adults over the […]

08/01/2017 / By Russel Davis

Australia used to be home to giant flying turkeys the size of kangaroos

Australian researchers have recently discovered five species of giant birds, towering as tall as kangaroos, that once roamed the continent. As part of research, a team of paleontologists from Flinders University in South Australia examined megapode fossils from Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia and concurred that the specimens belong to five different […]

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