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Electric balloon could make irregular heartbeats a thing of the past

Grape-sized electric balloon could make irregular heartbeats a thing of the past by resetting the organ’s electrical activity in seconds Operation is set to be introduced in heart clinics following widespread approval   Roughly 1.4million Britons suffer with an irregular heartbeat – or atrial fibrillation During new treatment, balloon fitted with ten electrodes is inserted […]

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How watching Frozen could make you reach for the biscuits

How watching Frozen could make you reach for the biscuit tin: Wintry scenes trigger evolutionary craving for calorie-dense food, study claims Watching wintry scenes leads to eat more calorific foods, a study has found Experts believe it triggers our instinct to eat more during winter to survive Adverts should be reevaluated to avoid people eating […]

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South African firm to make Pfizer vaccine, first in Africa

A South African firm will begin producing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, the first time that the shot will be produced in Africa, Pfizer announced Wednesday. The Biovac Institute based in Cape Town will manufacture the vaccine for distribution across Africa, a move that should help address the continent’s desperate need for more vaccine doses amid […]

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Foolproof Ways To Make Your Home Office More Relaxing

The coronavirus pandemic made people across the world drastically change the way they work. Business shutdowns and stay-at-home orders forced people to begin working from home in 2020, continuing into 2021, and it looks like working from home might the future of professionalism. According to a Pew Research poll published late in 2020, about 20% of […]

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How To Make Your Bedroom More Energy Efficient

News about climate change is always evolving, and you may even currently believe false things about climate change, but one thing is for certain — moving toward being energy efficient is more important than ever. For example, you can make your kitchen more energy efficient by maintaining and replacing old appliances, and you can do […]

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How to make sure everyone gets a fair shot at the COVID-19 vaccine

Getting vaccinated may be everyone’s best protection against COVID-19. But giving everyone fair access to vaccines will take more than just providing needles and vials, community health experts say. Vaccines have not been reaching everyone equally, statistics show. Overall, Black and Hispanic people have been receiving smaller shares of vaccinations relative to their population and […]

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Researchers make discoveries to better understand SARS-CoV-2 virus

An effort led by Lin Li, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics at The University of Texas at El Paso, in collaboration with students and faculty from Howard University, has identified key variants that help explain the differences between the viruses that cause COVID-19 and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). A team comprised of researchers from […]

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'Home Edit’ Stars Reveal How to Make Organizing ‘Fun’ for Kids

Time to get organized! Balancing working from home, virtual learning and staying organized has proved to be a challenge for many. Moms Like Us host Christina Garibaldi and Stroller in the City’s Brianne Manz sat down with Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin from Netflix’s Get Organized with The Home Edit to get some ideas on how kids can help make — […]

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How To Make Exercising Outdoors Easier In Winter

Getting outside during the colder months is a seemingly unlikely way to feel better. Experts say that walking outdoors for at least 10 minutes can give your body the amount of Vitamin D that it needs to function properly — as long as 10 percent of your skin is exposed to the sun, The New […]