Many women think shaving pubic hair is 'hygienic'
Conclusion
This study aimed to characterise current pubic hair grooming practices in the US. It found that race, age, educational level and the number of lifetime partners were associated with grooming.
The study had a large sample size, which was nationally representative and therefore generalisable to the US population of women.
However, cross-sectional studies like this one are unable to confirm a causal link between grooming practices and sexual health, as reported in the media. We cannot know the exact reasons why women choose to employ certain grooming practices.
The analysis also only looked at women – results ma...
Source: NHS News Feed - July 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Lifestyle/exercise Medical practice Source Type: news
PHILADELPHIA: The entrepreneur in the business of fighting lice
PHILADELPHIA — As the wife of an elementary school principal and the mother of three boys, Sharon Rizzuto has heard many horror stories about lice — those tiny, wingless, parasitic insects that like to find a home and lay eggs in kids’ hair.
Lice infects an estimated 6 million to 12 million children a year, according to the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Knowing all about the angst the insects can cause, Rizzuto said a booth operated by Lice Clinics of America caught… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - June 29, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: John George Source Type: news
Montco clinic is not nice to lice
As the wife of an elementary school principal and the mother of three boys, Sharon Rizzuto has heard many horror stories about lice — those tiny, wingless, parasitic insects that like to find a home and lay eggs in kids’ hair.
Lice infects an estimated 6 million to 12 million children a year, according to the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Knowing all about the angst the insects can cause, Rizzuto said a booth operated by Lice Clinics of America caught her eye when… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - June 22, 2016 Category: Biotechnology Authors: John George Source Type: news
PostDoc Project Plan invites collaborators to study how plant lice cope with variability
(Pensoft Publishers) While Climate change steadily takes its toll, organisms fight it in various ways. Possibly, such is the case of plant lice, which evoked the curiosity of Jens Joschinski. He is interested in studying to what extent plant lice are affected by unpredictable and variable climate when switching their reproductive mode from asexual to sexual. Seeking collaborators and a host institute, he published his PostDoc Project Plan in the open access journal Research Ideas and Outcomes. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - June 20, 2016 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Rash alert: 'Sea lice' actually baby jellyfish
Sea lice. Beach lice. Seabather's eruption. Pika-pika. Ocean itch. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - June 7, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
"Sea lice" stinging swimmers off Florida Panhandle beach
Stinging jellyfish larvae, almost invisible to the human eye, can leave an unmistakable sting and get trapped in swimsuits (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - June 7, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'Sea lice' are actually not-so-cute baby jellyfish
Sea lice. Beach lice. Seabather's eruption. Pika-pika. Ocean itch. Those are just some of the names given to a rash caused by a minuscule creature that often invades summer waters in Florida and the Caribbean, pestering swimmers with nasty bumps and sometimes flu-like symptoms. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - June 6, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Race Delusion: Lies That Divide Us
Jack Moreh, Learning and Education - Brain Functions Development Concept
David Livingstone Smith is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of London, Kings College, where he worked on Freud's philosophy of mind and psychology. His current research is focused on dehumanization, race, propaganda, and related topics. David is the author of seven books and numerous academic papers. His most recent book Less Than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave and Exterminate Others (St. Martin's Press, 2011) was awarded the 2012 Anisfield-Wolf award for nonfiction...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - May 31, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Honolulu schools to let kids with lice stay in class
Experts say it's unnecessary and unfair to keep children out of school for head lice, but parents aren't happy with the decision (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - May 30, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Finding the Origin of Human Disease
We're still trying to eradicate diseases that have plagued humans for centuries. References to malaria, for instance, have been found in recorded history in 2700 BC China. Riaan Rifkin, a prehistoric archaeologist, together with geneticists at the University of Pretoria, South Africa gets down to the root of origins of human disease pathogens in sub-Saharan Africa, the cradle of mankind. He and his team are trying to pin down the origins of human disease and establish a sub-Saharan African disease baseline that precedes the exodus of Homo sapiens from Africa 65000 years ago and, perhaps, to also assist in the discovery of ...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - May 18, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
The Zoo We Bear
By Drs. David Niesel and Norbert Herzog, Medical Discovery News
Bacteria and viruses live on and in us as part of our normal flora or microbiome. In fact, microbes outnumber our own cells by 10 to 100 to 1. But there are even more creatures that we share our lives with, parasites and vermin.
That sounds disgusting, vermin? Really?
Studies of these creatures are actually quite revealing about human evolution and migration. For example, all of us harbor a mite that lives in the hair follicles on our faces called Demodex folliculorum. They are tubular in shape with iddy biddy legs and live deep in our follicles. Somew...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - May 17, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Meet The Tiny Critters Thriving In Your Carpet, Kitchen And Bed
Dust mites, gall wasps and book lice don't bite, but they might make you wheeze. Scientists found about 100 types of arthropods wiggling or munching skin flakes in typical homes. Take a look. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - May 11, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Josh Cassidy Source Type: news
Blog: Lets talk head lice
Any one can get head lice and they can be easily treated, but it does require a consistent approach
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Headline: Lets talk head lice
Any one can get head lice and they can be easily treated, but it does require a consistent approach
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Super lice: Should I be worried about these treatment-resistant pests?
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Source: MayoClinic.com - Ask a Specialist - March 22, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
