Bacon: how you cook it could partially lower cancer risk

Lightly-browned bacon has less carcinogens than well-cooked bacon. D. Pimborough/ Shutterstock Bacon is a much-loved, comforting breakfast item – during the global pandemic, sales have surged in the US and the UK. But while bacon may be delicious, experts recommend people eat little or no processed meats because of theirContinue Reading

Hepatitis D: how the virus made the jump from animals to humans

Vampire bats, a commonly deltavirus-infected host, feed on the blood of other mammals. Belizar/Shutterstock Pandemics past and present have been caused when pathogens – germs that cause disease – move between animals and humans, as SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) did when it made its way from bats toContinue Reading

Shoaib Akhtar hailed India’s fighting spirit in the ongoing Test series vs Australia.© Twitter Former Pakistan fast-bowler Shoaib Akhtar hailed Team India’s fighting spirit in the ongoing Test series against Australia. India, despite losing most of their first-choice players due to injuries, are still alive in the series and fightingContinue Reading