when germ theory took over; but, until that point, it was widely believed that smelling things like waste or rotting flesh brought on diseases like cholera or typhus. Nineteenth-century doctors even ...

So can I eat my noodles if a dog pooped nearby? For the most part, nasty smells are “CAUTION” signs, not the cause of harm.

A few years ago a noted military historian in a book on the ghastly siege and defence of Verdun in the 1914-18 War described the “miasma of horror” which, over fifty years after the carnage ...

Thanks to an old safety rule, you won't see anyone in France practicing a lunch habit that's all too common in America, as it ...

Feb. 7, 2025 — Women who have experienced pregnancy complications have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Now, a new study shows that sisters of women with complicated pregnancies are ...

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Welcome to the Lancet Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Resource Centre, bringing together the most comprehensive data and analysis of worldwide trends in global health, published across the Lancet ...

However, entrepreneurs may find creating and implementing one isn’t an easy task. Henry Mintzberg, a Canadian academic and business management expert, set out to help companies address this issue by ...