Whether you use the latest mobile apps, an old-fashioned food diary or rely on prepared meals, counting your daily calorie intake can help you with your weight loss goals. But fitness experts caution that you should always set realistic goals to achieve lasting results. Before you start counting those food calories, it helps to understand [...]
LUNG DISEASE, including asthma and bronchitis, could be caused by mould and damp in houses. Mould and damp could cause lung disease Asthma UK urges patients to take preventer inhalers and to make sure homes are well-ventilated Asthma and bronichitis could be caused by mould and damp in the home Winter causes more damp [...]
Abstract The amygdala is a key brain area regulating responses to stress and emotional stimuli, so improving our understanding of how it is regulated could offer novel strategies for treating disturbances in emotion regulation. As we review here, a growing body of evidence indicates that the gut microbiota may contribute to a range of amygdala-dependent [...]
Q: Why do I sometimes get congested in one nostril? A: Many people don’t realize that every four to six hours, one side of the nose becomes more congested, and the other side decongests. They switch back and forth in a normal cycle. If one side is more obstructed to begin with from a deviated septum or swelling of the [...]
IT WASN’T JUST that people were getting sick—it was who. And how many. Hepatitis A is a viral disease that primarily attacks the liver, and if it gets serious—as it can in the elderly and immune-compromised people—it can be fatal. But the graph of casesin the US over time looks like the second, fun half of a [...]
Sleep apnea impacts 21 million Americans and can lead to high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke. While the continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device is the gold-standard treatment, more than 40 percent of sleep apnea patients refuse to use it. Companies are now marketing an implant that delivers stimulation to open key airway muscles [...]
Nov. 21, 2017 -- Nearly half of cancer cases in the U.S. may be preventable, according to a new study. Some things that raise your risk of cancer are out of your control, like whether your parents had cancer. Others you can avoid, like smoking, eating red meat, and too much sun. Of the things you can avoid, smoking, drinking, and [...]
Abstract Hypoxia is a common challenge faced by bacteria during associations with hosts due in part to the formation of densely packed communities (biofilms). cbb3-type cytochrome coxidases, which catalyze the terminal step in respiration and have a high affinity for oxygen, have been linked to bacterial pathogenesis. The pseudomonads are unusual in that they often contain multiple [...]
Osteoporosis is a disease that weakens the bones and increases the risk of fractures. Overall, approximately 54 million Americans have low bone mass or osteoporosis. The good news is that there is a lot you can do to prevent osteoporosis and new or repeat fractures. “Although we have extremely effective therapies to treat osteoporosis, only [...]
Bacteria or virus: Do you really need an antibiotic? Bacteria and viruses are too tiny to be seen by the naked eye, can cause similar symptoms and are spread in the same way, but that’s where the similarities end. This is important to understand, because bacterial and viral infections must be treated differently. Inappropriate use [...]
