October 15, 2018
It’s Global Hand-Washing Day, and if you need a reason to celebrate it, Times Now News has six reasons to clap for good hand hygiene. They are: Reducing your risk of various diseases, including diarrhea and pneumonia Keeping your community...
For decades, saturated fats have been mistakenly blamed for causing high cholesterol levels and clogged arteries, while vegetable oils were anointed as the only fats you should consume. If you’ve been centering your diet on this misinformation...
A stay in an intensive care unit (ICU) is always serious business, as you’re not there for a minor illness, but what would you think if you knew that the stay itself is associated with some serious side effects? NPR reports that dementia not...
While e-cigarettes are sold as fun, hip and “safe” alternatives to real cigarettes, more and more research is showing that they’re anything but. For example, some of the “fun” of vaping is supposed to center in the...
October 14, 2018
It’s flu and pneumonia season, and the health warnings are out: Wash your hands. Cover a cough. Stay home if you’re sick. And — don’t pick your nose. What? Yes, you read that right: Don’t pick your nose unless you want...
In another you have-to-see-it-to-believe-it revelation, Fox News reports that vaping is now being pushed as a method to get your vitamins. At least three companies have introduced various renditions of how to do this, but experts are doubtful that...
Historically, colorectal cancer has been an “old people’s disease” relegated to those in middle age or beyond. But younger people are now coming down with this cancer, and researchers think they know why: obesity. According to Vox ...
October 13, 2018
Bacteria that have been exposed to Roundup, dicamba and 2,4-D develop resistance to antibiotics 100,000 times faster than the same bacteria that have never been exposed to the herbicides, University of Canterbury has found. “An important...
A new study not only confirms that the “sweet spot” for sleep is seven to eight hours a night, but also that getting too much sleep can be just as bad for you as getting too little. Neuroscientists from Western University’s...
It’s no secret that diabetes is a growing health concern around the world. In the U.S. alone, over 37 million people are either already diagnosed with it, or are prediabetic, and researchers are scrambling to find nonpharmaceutical ways to...
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