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Study finds Vitamin D reduces Covid deaths by 60%

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Vitamin D reduces Covid-19 deaths by 60 per cent, a study has found, as MP David Davis today called for the therapy to be rolled out in hospitals immediately to ‘save many thousands of lives.’ The study evaluated the effectiveness of calcifediol – a Vitamin D3 – on more than 550 people admitted to the … Read more

Vitamin C and zinc WON’T help you fight off Covid – even in high doses – study reveals

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Vitamin C and zinc WON’T help you fight off Covid – even in high doses – study reveals Trial looked at the benefits of the two supplements to people isolating at home But findings were so unimpressive scientists decided to call it off altogether High doses even caused side effects including nausea, diarrhea and cramps … Read more

Prozac is finding its way into waterways and turning fish into ZOMBIES, study reveals

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Prozac that finds its way into waterways could be wiping out fish’s personality, according to a new study out of Australia. More than 250 million antidepressant prescriptions are filled in the US every year, including 20 million for Prozac, known generically as fluoxetine. Traces of the drug typically get into the water when people go … Read more

Switch in our brain can put us off certain foods for life, study reveals 

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Bad experiences with food, like a dodgy curry that makes us ill for days, triggers a switch in our brains that means we never want to eat it again, a study reveals.   UK researchers have managed to replicate the effect of a negative experience on eating behaviour, using sugar-loving snails as models in the lab.  … Read more

Women believe they have stronger ability to read minds, study shows 

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‘We can read minds better than men’:, Women believe they have stronger ability to understand what others are thinking, study shows Study shows women are better at understanding what people are really thinking  The researchers say different  people all have different mind-reading abilities They say some are inherently better than others and this can cause … Read more

Britain’s coronavirus vaccine drive is ALREADY stopping Covid deaths, study claims

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Covid vaccines are already preventing deaths in the UK and could be stopping nine out of 10 by the middle of March, scientists predict.  Modelling by medical experts suggests there will be a significant dip in the number of people dying of coronavirus next month as mass immunity begins to develop. Reductions in hospital admissions … Read more

Injected arthritis drug reduces risk of death from Covid-19 by 4%, study finds

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The NHS will start using an arthritis drug to treat hospitalised Covid patients after a breakthrough study found it cuts the risk of dying.  Tocilizumab can reduce swelling inside the organs and, when combined with steroid dexamethasone slashes the odds of death by a third.  Oxford University scientists behind the RECOVERY trial found the drug … Read more

Obesity kills more people than SMOKING: Junk food grows more popular than cigarettes, study reveals 

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Obesity now kills more people than SMOKING: Weight problems account for more deaths than tobacco as junk food grows more popular than cigarettes, study reveals Data shows percentage of deaths caused by smoking has fallen from 23% to 19% Meanwhile deaths caused by obesity rose from 17.9 to 23.1% in the same period Experts from … Read more

New Orleans’ 2020 Mardi Gras celebration led to 50,000 COVID-19 cases, study finds 

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Last year’s Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans may been responsible for 50,000 cases of the coronavirus, a new study claims. It’s well-known that the 2020 Carnival celebration in Louisiana at end of February made the state one of the earliest U.S. pandemic hotspots. But researchers believe a single person likely brought the virus to the city … Read more