Texas woman, 28, with extremely rare disease that means her hands are permanently swollen reveals struggles of daily life
Lindsey Johnson Edwards, 28, of Texas, was diagnosed with CLOVES syndrome as a child. Only 200 people around the world have been identified with the condition, which caused hand deformities. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Denture stomatitis: Treatment with antimicrobial drugs or antifungal gels? A systematic review of clinical trials
ConclusionsGels formulated with natural antimicrobials such as Z. multiflora, U. tomentosa, P.
granatum, propolis, and clove and cinnamon showed higher or similar antimicrobial
efficacy to conventional antifungals in the treatment of DS. The biocompatibility
of experimental gels based on natural agents should be evaluated. (Source: Dental Technology Blog)
Source: Dental Technology Blog - January 10, 2024 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
Did you solve it? Are you a lateral thinker?
The answers to today ’s puzzlesEarlier today I set you these problems from the bookLateral Solutions to Mathematical Problems by Des MacHale. Here they are again with answers.1. Three cloves on an orangeContinue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 13, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Alex Bellos Tags: Mathematics Education Science Source Type: news
Can you solve it? Are you a lateral thinker?
Finding creative solutionsSometimes it pays to approach a problem sideways. Each of today ’s puzzles requires some lateral thinking, in that the first step of the solution is perhaps not the obvious one.1. Three cloves on an orangeContinue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 13, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Alex Bellos Tags: Mathematics Education Science Source Type: news
Curry may have landed in Southeast Asia 2000 years ago
Even after 2000 years, the stone slab still smelled of nutmeg. Unearthed in an ancient village in southern Vietnam, the cookware—roughly the size and shape of an anvil—was likely used to grind the spice, along with other ingredients familiar in today’s curries. The discovery, reported today in
Science Advances
, marks
the earliest known example of spice processing in mainland Southeast Asia
. It also suggests that visitors from India and Indonesia may have introduced their culinary traditions to the region millennia ago.
“For decades, we have known of the strong Indian influence on Southea...
Source: ScienceNOW - July 21, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
The Least Toxic Ways to Protect Yourself from Ticks
When it comes to keeping away creatures that creep and crawl, the U.S. doesn’t mess around. More than 198 million Americans used insect repellent last year, a figure that is expected to top 200 million this year. Much of that is to ward off ticks, which are technically arachnids and carry more than a dozen diseases.
But the repellents themselves can present concerns of their own with their pungent smells, occasional irritation, and labels full of mystifying chemicals most people have never heard of.
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With 2023 turning into one of the worst tick seasons in recent memory, pl...
Source: TIME: Health - June 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Public Health Source Type: news
Tanzania: Panic As Mysterious Disease Affect Cloves
[Daily News] A mysterious disease is affecting growth of cloves, Zanzibar's major export crop causing panic among farmers in Unguja and Pemba. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 24, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Do you smell what I smell? How scents linked to Christmas have changed
While oranges and cloves moved from medicine cabinet to kitchen, rosemary fell out of festive fashion in EnglandThe waft of pine trees and cinnamon biscuits may mean it is beginning to smell a lot like Christmas, but the odours that conjure up yuletide today may not always have had such joyful connotations, research has revealed.Experts studying records of smells described in texts dating as far back as the 16th century say they have discovered the scents we associate with Christmas have shifted over time.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 24, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis Science correspondent Tags: Christmas Science Heritage UK news Source Type: news
Mulled wine could lower high cholesterol by 12% but how much you drink matters
"All spices and citrus fruits including oranges, lemons, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves are welcomed when making your own mulled wine as these are all delicious flavours for the ultimate festive drink," a wellness expert said. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - December 4, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Global Dental Services raises Rs 545-crore in fresh funding
The investment is expected to fund GDS' expansion to 1,000 clinics in the next five years. Founded in 2011 by Amarinder Singh, the GDS group owns and operates 340 clinics across 24 cities under the brand, Clove Dental. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - November 8, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What Is the Life Expectancy of Someone With CLOVES Syndrome?
Title: What Is the Life Expectancy of Someone With CLOVES Syndrome?Category: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 8/26/2022 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 8/26/2022 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Kids Health General)
Source: MedicineNet Kids Health General - August 26, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
YouTube is profiting from bogus STI cure videos
EXCLUSIVE: One video - advocated chewing garlic cloves three times a day to treat the infections, claiming the veg 'will clean you from the tip of your mouth to the anus'. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Most hangover ‘cures’ have little evidence behind them, study finds
Of substances tested, strongest effects were seen for clove extract, though sample size was smallA thumping headache, a tongue that feels like a carpet and a strong sense of queasiness and regret – it is a condition with which many will be all too familiar on New Year’s Day. But while it may seem tempting to reach for a hangover “cure”, researchers have chosen New Year’s Day to tell us that most will offer cold comfort.Scientists say they have evaluated studies looking at 23 different substances alleged to help prevent or treat a hangover, but found all of the “remedies” had low-quality evidence for how well ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 1, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis Science correspondent Tags: Hangover cures Alcohol Health Science UK news & wellbeing Source Type: news
Many COVID-19 Survivors Still Can ’t Smell or Taste. Treating Them Isn’t Easy
On the morning after Christmas 2020, Carolyn Hinds woke up and realized she couldn’t smell or taste anything. Other signs of COVID-19, like fever, cough and muscle aches, came in the following days. Those symptoms subsided with time, but her lack of smell and taste did not.
To this day, Hinds, 38, can barely smell anything, and her sense of taste remains warped—sweet things leave a strange aftertaste, salty foods upset her stomach and spice makes her lips and tongue burn but tastes like nothing. “These things will mess with you mentally and physically because it changes the way you experience the world,&r...
Source: TIME: Health - November 4, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
My Home Country Has an Excellent Vaccination Track Record. What It Doesn ’t Have Is Vaccines
Every morning I sit at the breakfast table with my mother. She moved to New York about five years ago and having had her so close to me makes New York feel even more like home. Our morning meal, whipped up by my mom, is served up alongside a cup of Nepali chiya—a traditional black tea with milk, boiled with cardamom, cinnamon, and cloves.
As we sit across the table sipping chiya from our hand-carved Nepali copper teacups, we catch up on life and current events, and share lighthearted laughter. For years, it’s been an uplifting start to my day. Unfortunately, our recent breakfasts have been much more somber. Ove...
Source: TIME: Health - June 16, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Prabal Gurung Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
