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In a research study it was found that it is more informative for people to say how much time it takes to walk off the calories than to write a calorie number on the label and that as a consequence such more informative labels help people to eat less.

Anastrozole, given to women with a high risk of developing breast cancer, almost halves the risk of breast cancer. In a new trial it has been found that it is effective even seven years after stopping treatment.

Greta Thunberg known for her activities against climate change, has been declared Person of the Year by Time magazine. She is with 16 years of age the youngest person ever chosen since the magazine started the tradition in 1927.

Researchers have found a way how the printing instruction of objects that are printed by a 3D printer can be stored in the printed objects themselves by using DNA techniques. This way it is possible to reprint just with the information in the object.

Scientists have identified a protein that plays an important role in the ageing of cells, that is, their loss of the ability to repair themselves.

The Seychelles have taken action to protect their fish stocks by voluntarily stop fishing for six months so that the fish stocks can replenish. Also for a debt swap they want to protect 30 percent of their national waters.

There are trials that indicate that Aducanumab may - after initially negative results - slow down Alzheimer's disease if applied in high doses. More research is needed.

A woman who had a cardiac arrest in a snowstorm in the Pyrenees was revived after 6 hours and made a near-full recovery. That she could survive this extraordinary long time span was due to the low temperatures and a special technique of reviving her.

Scientists try to gain a better understanding of how the spinal cord is wired so that a micro-implant could be used to bridge damaged parts in the next decade.

A new typhoid vaccine against typhoid fever is highly effective and can stop strains of the disease that are resistant against most antibiotics.

Eating a carb-rich breakfast and only a small dinner may in some cases replace insulin injections in dealing with diabetes.

There is support for the thesis that in the early development of life on the Earth, a predecessor of microbes still in existence in Lake Kivu in East Africa played an essential role by producing so much methane that the Earth was kept warm and the water did not freeze over.

Coral reefs are threatened by climate change. However, some corals seem to be resilient in a warmer climate, giving hope that the coral reefs can be protected.