There are certain health conditions that you can and should exercise your way through with a doctor’s guidance. Everyday Health lists 10 ailments which might benefit from a workout. Recovering From Surgery: Most cancer patients and other post-surgery...
Even short courses of antibiotics can leave your gut harboring antibiotic resistance genes for up to two years. This reservoir increases the chances of resistance genes being transferred to pathogenic bacteria. Eurekalert reports: “The impact of antibiotics...
A new study confirms that smoking raises your risks of the major forms of esophageal and stomach cancers, while drinking has more narrow effects. In a study that followed more than 120,000 adults for 16 years, researchers found that smoking increased...
New study results have strengthened the evidence that people who smoke cigarettes over a long period of time have an increased risk for developing colorectal cancer. Researchers tested the association between long-term cigarette smoking and colorectal...
A team of scientists has found that even second-hand tobacco smoke exposure can result in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a common disease and rising cause of chronic liver injury. The researchers found fat accumulated in liver cells of mice...
Exposure to second-hand smoke and alcohol significantly raises the risk of liver disease, a finding that adds to mounting evidence that tobacco smoke and alcohol are worse for health as a combination. The researchers reported on mice exposed to smoky...
History is often said to hinge upon great battles, both in war and among competing ideas. But some battles are fought on the microscopic scale. Bacteria, parasites, and viruses have swept through cities and devastated populations, felled great leaders...
Grapefruit’s bitter taste is caused the presence of the flavonoid naringin, which is metabolized into naringenin, an antioxidant previously reported to help lower cholesterol levels. But new research indicates that naringenin could also block the secretion...