Alcohol use disorders are the most important preventable risk factors for the onset of all types of dementia, especially early-onset dementia. This according to a nationwide observational study, published in The Lancet Public Health journal, of over one million adults diagnosed with dementia in France. Continue reading “Largest study of its kind finds alcohol use biggest risk factor for dementia”
Obesity Is Shifting Cancer to Young Adults
A Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researcher has compiled evidence from more than 100 publications to show how obesity increases risk of 13 different cancers in young adults. The meta-analysis describes how obesity has shifted certain cancers to younger age groups, and intensified cellular mechanisms promoting the diseases. Continue reading “Obesity Is Shifting Cancer to Young Adults”
3,000-year-old archaeological finds at Tel Dan suggest that the Danites were Aegean soldiers. Samson the Greek?
The Tribe of Dan, one of the 12 “Israelite tribes,” may have started as no such thing. New archaeological evidence suggests that the Danites originated with mercenaries hired from the Aegean and Syria by the Egyptian overlords of Canaan to keep order. Continue reading “3,000-year-old archaeological finds at Tel Dan suggest that the Danites were Aegean soldiers. Samson the Greek?”
Ancient DNA Analysis of 8000 B.C. Near Eastern Farmers Supports an Early Neolithic Pioneer Maritime Colonization of Mainland Europe through Cyprus and the Aegean Islands
Here you can read the ‘abstract’ of the corresponding paper by Eva Fernández , Alejandro Pérez-Pérez, Cristina Gamba, Eva Prats, Pedro Cuesta, Josep Anfruns, Miquel Molist, Eduardo Arroyo-Pardo, Daniel Turbón
Ancient DNA reveals that modern Greeks are indeed descendants of Minoans and Mycenaeans
The Minoan Civilization and its counterpart on the Greek Mainland, the Mycenaean Civilization, were Europe’s first literate societies and the cultural ancestors of later Classical Greece. Continue reading “Ancient DNA reveals that modern Greeks are indeed descendants of Minoans and Mycenaeans”
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