The benefits of coffee in the fight against cancer denied by a study
UNITED STATES, WASHINGTON (VOP TODAY NEWS) -- Researchers at an Australian institute concluded that regular coffee consumption did not ultimately affect the risk of developing cancer, as previously thought.
Contrary to popular belief, daily coffee...
Even a single can of soda a day is harmful, reveals a study
UNITED STATES, WASHINGTON (VOP TODAY NEWS) -- Drinking more than 33 centilitres of soda a day is dangerous for the liver, says a study by Inserm unveiled by Le Parisien. Sugary and carbonated drinks...
Stop the sugar: health effects in just three days
UNITED STATES, WASHINGTON (VOP TODAY NEWS) -- If stopping the sugar can cause symptoms resembling weaning, the benefits of this decision are many and range from a simple weight loss to a better quality...
Ebola in DRC: the state of global health “emergency” is declared
UNITED STATES, WASHINGTON (VOP TODAY NEWS) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday raised the epidemic of Ebola haemorrhagic fever to the rank of "global health emergency", three days after the appearance of...
Ebola outbreak is a global health “emergency” – WHO
UNITED STATES, WASHINGTON (VOP TODAY NEWS) -- It is an exceptional measure. The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that the Ebola epidemic, which has claimed nearly 1,700 lives since last summer in...
Scientists have figured out why drugs cannot completely destroy HIV
UNITED STATES, WASHINGTON (VOP TODAY NEWS) -- Observing the work of the immune cells of unique HIV carriers, on which the virus has almost no effect, has helped scientists understand why antiretroviral therapy is...
Ebola-infected priest dies in DRC
UNITED STATES, WASHINGTON (VOP TODAY NEWS) -- DRC authorities reported that a man infected with Ebola in the large city of Goma on the border of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, died,...
About 1.7 million people became infected with HIV in 2018
UNITED STATES, WASHINGTON (VOP TODAY NEWS) -- About 1.7 million people became infected with HIV in 2018 around the world, according to a report by the Joint United Nations Program on HIV / AIDS...
Three unexpected causes of skin cancer are identified
UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) -- As the specialists of the American organization Skin Cancer Foundation told, in order to maximally protect themselves against skin cancer, it is not enough to avoid sunburn and...
Scientists have found a barrier that inhibits cancer
UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) -- A team of researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology is working on the destruction of cancer cells using the mechanism of apoptosis or programmed cell death.
The...
WHO president calls for union against Ebola epidemic “enemy number one”
UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) -- The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday called on the EU to tackle the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which...
World Health Organization recommends sports and non-smoking to prevent dementia
UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) has published its first guidelines to prevent dementia and deal with the disease, putting physical activity at the top of its list of...
Broccoli against cancer: popular tradition has been scientifically confirmed
UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) -- According to a recent study, a substance found in cruciferous vegetables activates a mechanism that leads to the suppression of malignant growth.
Israeli researchers have published in Science the...
When is coffee dangerous for your life?
UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) -- A study by the University of South Australia showed that drinking more than 6 cups of coffee per day increased the risk of heart disease by 22 percent.
The...
FAO: World food prices rise in April and increase grain production
UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) -- World food prices rose about 1.5 percent in April as a jump in prices for meat and dairy products overshadowed the impact of falling grain prices, the UN...
Measles: Germans whose children are not vaccinated should pay 2.500 eur
GERMANY (VOP TODAY NEWS) -- German parents whose children are not vaccinated against measles could be fined up to 2,500 euros, said the newspaper Bild am Sonntag. This bill has been proposed by the...
Heart disease and cancer could be avoided if you follow this rule
UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) -- Avoiding passive smoking is essential to greatly reduce the risk of lung cancer or heart disease, according to researchers who have announced the findings of a new study...
The incidence of measles is increasing in Europe
UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) -- This week, the head of Rospotrebnadzor, Anna Popova, said that last year, Russians were 3.5 times more likely to have measles than in 2017.
According to the World Health...
UNICEF cites the cause of measles outbreaks in the world
UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) -- About 169 million children in the world were not vaccinated against measles vaccine from 2010 to 2017, which led to the current outbreaks of the disease in various...
Poisonous air threatens 4 million children a year with asthma
UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) -- Exposure to nitrogen dioxide, emitted mainly from land transport, is a real risk factor for asthma in children, a new study shows.
Researchers estimate that 4 million new cases...