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Recently social media trends have podiatry experts sounding an alarm to de-feet the trend of going shoeless in public places. A barefoot lifestyle is far from new, but the grounding movement is resurfacing thanks to some “influencers” posts on the platforms boasting that walking barefoot is more natural and beneficial to your feet. There are …
As the days grow longer and warmer, summer fun beckons. Swimming, sports, and picnics go hand in hand with warmer weather. But so do bug bites. Mosquitoes in particular can ruin a day outside. And their bites aren’t just itchy and irritating. They can also spread disease. The list of illnesses carried by mosquitoes keeps …
Image Credit: NIAID There is a long-held belief that acute viral infections are directly responsible for neurological damage, however, researchers from McMaster University have discovered that it is the immune system’s responses that are behind the damage, and they have published their research in Nature Communications. “We were interested in trying to understand why so …
Healthcare professionals often substitute alcohol-based hand sanitisers and harsh soaps for skin-friendly cleansers in order to treat or prevent irritant contact dermatitis, which develops when chemical or physical agents damage the skin surface faster than the skin can repair Incidence and severity of irritant contact dermatitis increased from 20 per cent to 80 per cent …
It appears as if people are dismissing the age-old saying that cleanliness is next to godliness, as a recent random double opt-in survey conducted by OnePoll involving 2,000 general population homeowner/renter Americans who do their own cleaning on behalf of Lysol, indicates that the average person only considers their home to be completely clean for …
Molecules in cruciferous veggies like cauliflower and broccoli may help to maintain a healthy barrier in the lungs and ease infection, according to recent research at Francis Crick Institute published in Nature showing that molecules in cruciferous vegetables activate AHR to target a number of genes allowing the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) to self-regulate. AHR …
Image: The colored areas in this microscopic image show the presence and density of VDAC channels on a cell’s mitochondria. Photo Credit: Sung Hoon Baik, Ph.D., and Cedars-Sinai. Cedars-Sinai investigators have identified several steps in a cellular process responsible for triggering one of the body’s important inflammatory responses. Their findings, published in the peer-reviewed journal …
This article, the following interview, and the accompanying video were sent to us by Fintan Dunne who is an independent journalist and broadcaster of the Beautiful Truth Net Radio Show at FintanDunne.com. Finally, A “Kryptonite” To Vanquish Viruses Rick Kiessig is the CEO, co-founder, and chief science officer at Kimer Med in Nelson, New Zealand; …
New research from Oregon Health & Science University is helping explain why at least five people have become HIV-free after receiving a stem cell transplant. The study’s insights may bring scientists closer to developing what they hope will become a widespread cure for the virus that causes AIDS, which has infected about 38 million people …
If your alertness and reaction time is see-sawing more than usual, you may be more at risk of a viral illness. That’s the key finding of an experiment led by University of Michigan researchers working in close collaboration with researchers at the Duke University School of Medicine and the University of Virginia. “We all know …