LONDON - Adding salt to your meals increases the risk of getting type 2 diabetes, a new study has suggested. In the first study to show a link...
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PARIS - The world of work is getting older. Today people between the ages of 45 and 64 account for some 40% of the working-age population in OECD...
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LONDON - Scientists have found that the tongue responds to ammonium chloride as a sixth basic taste, in addition to detecting sweet, sour, salty,...
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GENEVA - Young people continue to be “relentlessly” targeted with tobacco and nicotine products, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on...
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