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Researchers at Stanford and University of California San Diego have collaborated on a new study, published recently in Nature Sustainability, that explores how dust pollution in the air contributes to infant mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa. "Even small increases in dust...

The researchers found that more than half of 45- to 49-year-old mothers have experienced the death of a child under age five. Nearly two-thirds have experienced the death of any child, irrespective of age. Though the child mortality rate has...

People with high financial stress are 13 times more likely to suffer a heart attack, while the odds are nearly six times greater for people dealing with work stress, a new study finds. To conduct their study, Researchers at the...

From blues to Hip hop, tons of people enjoy listening to various types of music while they paint, write, relax or work. Many believe that music helps boost creativity. But that's not all. Music has a very powerful impact on...

There are more germs in men's beards than in dogs ' fur, according to new research. Researchers at the Hirslanden Clinic in Switzerland took swabs from the beards of 18 men and found every beard contained bacteria. The team, who were...

A new study has found that staying up late to watch movies or catch up on emails could affect men’s sperm count and damage their chances of fathering children. Men trying to have a baby could increase their chances of...

Updating pictures and several posts regularly on various social media platforms has become the latest trend for today’s generation of our society. They don’t have a life beyond that, For instance, they wake-up with a morning selfie and their...

Spending too much time on “social media” sites like Facebook, Instagram etc is making people more than just miserable. It may also be making them depressed. The link between the two has been talked about for years, but a causal...

An illegal psychoactive drug, Cannabis which is popularly known as marijuana was the most widely used substance in Nigeria in 2018, followed by pharmaceutical opioids, mainly tramadol and codeine-containing cough syrups. In Nigeria, 14.3 million people (14 percent of the...

A study published yesterday suggests that Women deprived of an education in sub-Saharan Africa in the 1980s went on to have as many or more children than previous, more educated generations, thereby halting a trend toward smaller families. The findings...