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4.1 million hectares of tropical forests to disappeared in 2022

Published on: November 1, 2023
17:19

Washington, Nov 1 (Prensa Latina) Stopping deforestation and forest degradation is vital objective to achieve the survival of ecosystems, according to the Global Forest Watch platform of the World Research Institute.

High level of disinformation detected in social network X

Published on: September 27, 2023
00:15

Brussels, Sep 27 (Prensa Latina) The social network X, formerly Twitter, has the highest proportion of disinformation among its peers, according to study by the European Commission (EC) in Spain, Poland and Slovakia.

DPRK reaches new achievements in medical sciences

Published on: September 16, 2023
10:58

Pyongyang, Sep 16 (Prensa Latina) Researchers at the Antibody Engineering Research Center of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) have developed a new drug to prevent and treat cancer, KCNA reported Saturday.

Rivers are losing oxygen faster than oceans – Study

Published on: September 14, 2023
18:12

Washington, Sep 14 (Prensa Latina) Rivers are getting hotter and losing oxygen, with 70% of rivers becoming oxygen-deprived and more getting warmer.

Earth outside its safe operating space for humanity – Study

Published on: September 14, 2023
17:50

Washington, Sep 14 (Prensa Latina) Earth’s climate, biodiversity, land, freshwater, nutrient pollution and “novel” chemicals (human-made compounds like microplastics and nuclear waste) are all out of whack, a group of international scientists said in Thursday's journal Science Advances.

Cancer increased 79% since 1990 in people under 50 years of age

Published on: September 10, 2023
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London, Sep 10 (Prensa Latina) The last three decades (1990-2019) show an astonishing 79.1-percent increase in new cases of cancer among people under 50 years of age worldwide, according to a recent research.

ECLAC to launch Economic Study for Latin America and the Caribbean

Published on: September 5, 2023
08:55

Santiago, Chile, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will launch the 2023 Economic Study of Latin America and the Caribbean, which takes stock of the global and regional situation.

Marijuana consumers have high levels of metals in their bloodstream

Published on: September 2, 2023
10:13

Washington, Sep 2 (Prensa Latina) A study by the Columbia University School of Public Health in the United States, detected significant levels of metals in the blood and urine of marijuana consumers, the journal Environmental Health Perspectives published today.

Anxiety, depression are not cancer risk factors

Published on: August 8, 2023
15:22

Washington, Aug 8 (Prensa Latina) The association between depression, anxiety and cancer risk has been a point of contention in scientific circles. In a new study a multi-national team refutes the idea that these mental health conditions are linked to most types of cancer.

Study suggests broadening obesity concept for better treatment

Published on: August 8, 2023
15:11

Washington, Aug 8 (Prensa Latina) A study assured that not all obesity cases have the same cause, nor the same clinical repercussions, so it suggested broadening this concept for better a treatment.

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