Men and women who use cigarettes are twice as old as non smokers — biologically, say scientists.
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By Debora MacKenzie
If you bled when you brushed your teeth this morning, you might want to get that seen to. We may finally have found the long-elusive cause of Alzheimer’s disease: Porphyromonas gingivalis, the key bacteria in chronic gum disease.
That’s bad, as gum disease affects around a third of all people. But the good news is that a drug that blocks the main toxins of P. gingivalis is entering major clinical trials this year, and research published today shows it might stop and even reverse Alzheimer’s. There could even be a vaccine.
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The World’s 10 Most Deadly Minerals
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This stuff is “natural”…
Precious minerals make the modern world go ‘round—they’re used in everything from circuit boards to tableware. They’re also some of the most toxic materials known to science, and excavating them has proved so dangerous over the years, some have been phased out of industrial production altogether. Listed below are the 10 most deadly minerals on earth. These rocks do not need to be thrown to hurt you!!
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More than 1,000 birds died at a lake in Southern California earlier this month, state wildlife officials announced Tuesday.
The birds – primarily migratory water fowls such as Ruddy Ducks, Northern Shovelers, Black-necked Stilts and Gulls – died at the Salton Sea after contracting a contagious bacterial disease known as avian cholera, which is caused by the bacterium Pasteurella multocida, the California Department of Fish & Wildlife (CDFW) said in a statement.
NEW YORK’S CENTRAL PARK IS NOW HOME TO A RARE AND COLORFUL MANDARIN DUCK
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