What Is the 'Carrot Tan' Trending on Social Media? A Dermatologist Weighs In
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Social media's latest aesthetic trend? Overloading on carrots to get... (Source: MedPage Today Dermatology)
Source: MedPage Today Dermatology - September 24, 2023 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
Menopausal women say they are unsupported at work. Here's how employers can step up
Over a million women reach menopause each year in the U.S.—and roughly 6,000 women become menopausal each day. However, many are undereducated about menopause and unprepared for how it can affect them in life and at work. The second annual Menopause in the Workplace Survey from Carrot Fertility, a…#menopause #carrotfertility #fortune #tammysun #sun #universityofmichigan #heathertinsleyfix #aarp (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Health warning over tanning pills sold for as little as £7 online
Products containing doses of pigments including beta-carotene, which gives carrots their orange colour, and the additive, canthaxanthin, were being advertised on websites including Amazon. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pre-Colonial Delicacy Could Help Food Security and Climate Change
Togotia, a forgotten African leafy vegetable, has found its way back into markets as its high nutritional value could help address food security. CREDIT: Egerton UniversityBy Wilson OdhiamboNAIROBI, Aug 16 2023 (IPS) Kenya’s fight for food security may have just gone ‘Old School’ as Egerton University dons win a grant to help bring back a pre-colonial delicacy that was gradually sliding its way off consumers’ plates.
Their project, dubbed ‘Exploring Potential of Togotia (Erucastrum arabicum), a forgotten African leafy vegetable for nutritional security and climate adaptation in Kenya,’ won the grant in October...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - August 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Wilson Odhiambo Tags: Africa Development & Aid Featured Food and Agriculture Headlines Health Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Kenya Source Type: news
Protect Your Heart with Natural Vitamin A
Vitamin A is best known for helping you see better, especially at night.
But this often-overlooked nutrient has dozens of other health benefits. Your muscles, immune system, lungs, and kidneys all use it, and your liver stores it to use in an emergency.
And now scientists have discovered that vitamin A also activates a stockpile of previously unknown, heart-healing cells inside your pericardium, the fluid-filled sac that surrounds your heart.1,2
First, the researchers discovered that these special cells – a subtype of white blood cells called macrophages – helped heal the hearts of mice.
Then they discovered we have th...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - August 9, 2023 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Jacob Tags: Anti-Aging Health Source Type: news
Gen Z's just learnt about carrots! TikTok beauty influencer parades instant tan 'hack' - eating three large carrots a day
The so-called 'hack' has been promoted by beauty influencers. One recommended eating three large carrots a day to get a natural 'glow', saying that it will 'change your natural undertone'. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dog abandoned at the front door of animal care center is up for adoption: Meet Laa-Laa
A one-year-old dog was left at the doorstep of a local animal care and control center — and is now looking for a forever home. Laa-Laa is a pit bull mix who was abandoned at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care & Control center in Charlotte, North Carolina. The 50-pound dog was brought inside the…#charlotte #northcarolina #foxnewsdigital #laalaa #acc #saltlakecity #carrot (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tiny kitten discovered in heat wave seeks a home in Arizona
A six-week-old tabby kitten discovered living under a carport in an abandoned house during a heat wave will be up for adoption at the end of July. Diego, an "extremely playful" kitten, was discovered with his littermates during a 110-degree day in Tempe, Arizona, his foster mother Kailan Schaeffer…#diego #tempe #arizona #kailanschaeffer #foxnewsdigital #erinkatribe #katribe #saltlakecity #carrot (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dublin deer herd first in Europe to be infected with COVID-19 virus, raising concerns about further spread
Doe-eyed and majestic, the deer in Dublin’s Phoenix Park draw thousands of admirers each week, many of whom pet and feed the animals. But these fans may have brought more than snacks to the creatures: They are the
first deer in Europe shown to have been infected with the coronavirus that causes COVID-19
, likely a result of the regular human contact, according to a bioRxiv preprint
posted on 7 July
.
The discovery of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in the blood of the fallow deer (
Dama dama
) adds to concerns that the virus could begin to circulate in European deer, researchers say. Although...
Source: ScienceNOW - July 19, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Making Medicine from ‘Carrot Dust’: The Chefs and Scientists Cooking Up New Ways to Feed Us
The Drexel University Food Lab blends hands-on culinary arts with rigorous research science in an effort to heal a broken food system, one innovative product at a time. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - June 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
"All carrots and no stick": Perceived impacts, changes in practices, and attitudes among law enforcement following drug decriminalization in Oregon State, USA - Smiley-McDonald HM, Attaway PR, Wenger LD, Greenwell K, Lambdin BH, Kral AH.
This study examined the perceived impacts of BM 110 on law enfo... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
What Are Some High or Low FODMAPs Foods?
Discussion
FODMAPs is an acronym standing for fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols. It is a diet strategy which has shown improvement for some adult patients with functional abdominal pain including some with irritable bowel syndrome. The evidence in pediatrics is murky and more well-designed studies are needed; however such studies are difficult to complete. In general, there are 3 phases to this dietary strategy:
Avoidance of all high FODMAP foods for 2-6 weeks. In some adult studies there has been improvement in 1 week. Especially in the pediatric age group, some people will only res...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - June 12, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Can humans ever understand how animals think?
A flood of new research is overturning old assumptions about what animal minds are and aren ’t capable of – and changing how we think about our own speciesGiraffes will eat courgettes if they have to, but they really prefer carrots. A team ofresearchers from Spain and Germany recently took advantage of this preference to investigate whether the animals are capable of statistical reasoning. In the experiment, a giraffe was shown two transparent containers holding a mixture of carrot and courgette slices. One container held mostly carrots, the other mostly courgettes. A researcher then took one slice from each container ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 30, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Adam Kirsch Tags: Animals Philosophy Environment Science and nature books Science and scepticism Source Type: news
Why Funded Trading Programs Are Not Worth It
The reality of funded trading programs or ‘prop firms’ is that they dangle a carrot to the under-funded trader. These have become pretty popular in the last decade, particularly in forex (but also for other markets like futures, metals, stocks, etc.).…#prop #avoid #compare (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Vision Crisis No One Wants To Talk About
Has your vision deteriorated sharply over the past couple of years?
If the answer is “yes,” you are probably another victim of a global health crisis that eye doctors refuse to acknowledge…
I’m talking about a condition called quarantine myopia – a health crisis caused by Covid restrictions and the hours we were forced to spend inside during the lockdown.
Recent studies of school-age children from the Netherlands and China reveal that myopia – or “near-sightedness” – has increased dramatically since the lockdown.1
Using data from more than 120,000 schoolchildren, studies reveal that kids are up to thr...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - May 16, 2023 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Jacob Tags: Anti-Aging Source Type: news
