A new study concludes that the European ban on menthol cigarettes in 2020 made menthol smokers more likely to quit, supporting previous Canadian research on the positive public health impact of banning menthol cigarettes. Christina Kyriakos of Imperial College London led the study in collaboration with researchers from Maastricht University and the Trimbos Institute in …
Immersion in cold water can reduce “bad” body fat in men and reduce the risk of diseases such as diabetes, suggests a major scientific review published in the peer-reviewed journal International Journal of Circumpolar Health. The authors say many of the 104 studies they analyzed showed significant effects of cold water swimming, including on the …
Your brain is great. About 100 billion nerve cells work together to keep you agile and quick in your thinking. But like the rest of the body, your brain may not be as energetic when you get a little older. Maybe you find yourself having to write things down, or forgetting appointments, or unable to …
September 20, 2022 Data from the largest community mental health survey in Flint, Michigan, show that one in five adults, or approximately 13,600 people, are believed to have clinical depression, and one in four, or 15,000 people, was assessed for post-traumatic stress disorder five years after the water crisis began. “The mental health burden of …
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The three independent studies, compiled in a white paper published by New Zealand-based oral probiotics company Blis Technologies Ltd., provide evidence that the strain can reduce the frequency and duration of respiratory illness. “We always say the mouth is the door to the body, and these studies help confirm the role the oral microbiome plays …
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The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the rapid outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), has claimed more than 6.52 million lives worldwide. The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants due to genomic mutations prolonged the pandemic. Some variants of SARS-CoV-2, such as Omicron and Delta, are more transmissible and virulent than the …
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