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At one point or another, almost everyone experiences a bout with battling gas and bloating. Bloating can make your abdomen feel larger than it is, but this doesn’t necessarily mean that your abdomen is distended. However, if you are struggling with bloating regularly it could be a symptom of a medical condition such as IBS …
Nearly 1 in 7 Americans experience bloating on a weekly basis, most aren’t seeking professional care for it, and women are more than twice as likely as men to report feeling bloated, according to a new study led by Cedars-Sinai investigators. The findings are published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. “Although bloating is a common …
Relief at the pump? Scientists develop cheaper green fuels using iron instead of platinum. Imperial researchers have developed a hydrogen fuel cell that uses iron instead of rare and costly platinum, enabling greater use of the technology. The study is published in Nature Catalysis. Hydrogen fuel cells convert hydrogen to electricity with water vapour as …
In 1923, lead was first added to gasoline to help keep car engines healthy. However, automotive health came at the great expense of our own health and well-being. A new study calculates that exposure to car exhaust from leaded gas during childhood stole a collective 824 million IQ points from more than 170 million Americans alive …
Lead levels in London’s atmosphere have dropped drastically since lead additives in petrol were phased out, and currently meet UK air quality targets. However, despite this drop, airborne particles in London are still highly lead-enriched compared to natural background levels, according to new Imperial research published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of …
Everyone has pain or discomfort in their gut occasionally. Maybe you ate something that didn’t agree with you. Or you had an infection that made you sick to your stomach for a few days. But if pain and other gut symptoms go on for weeks or longer, something more serious might be wrong. Digestive system …
Is your tummy making loud noises, maybe you are too full to move around, pants feel too tight, feels like a hardball in your midsection, whatever symptom you are experiencing being gassy and bloated is not a good feeling. While there is no denying that diet contributes to gut health, there are still many potential …
Many people pledge to become healthier this time of year, but few take into consideration the microbes that are living inside their gut, these are the microbiome and they are vital to good health. There are as many bacterial cells in the human body as there are human cells, these help to control a variety …
Ginger/ginger root is the thick stem of the flowering Zingiber officinale plant native to Southeast Asia and India, which has been used as a spice with many culinary applications and medicinally for hundreds of years. It is most often recommended for its stomach calming effects, but can ginger be used to treat nausea more naturally? …
You may want to consider having a nice fragrant cup of peppermint tea next time you have to give a speech or are heading into an important meeting because peppermint tea can help to increase short and long term memory within twenty minutes, according to a release from the British Psychological Society’s Annual Conference. Northumbria …