Procter & Gamble is recalling Oral-B alcohol-free mouthwash owing to contamination concerns. Procter & Gamble stated that the possible “microbial contamination” posed no health risk to healthy people although those with delicate immune systems like cystic fibrosis sufferers might be at risk. P&G’s Oral-B mouthwash is being pulled from stores in Canada, Mexico, Colombia & [...] Read more…
Earlier studies have shown that colonoscopies scheduled for the afternoon tend to be less effective in catching abnormal growths than the ones done in the morning. The recent research reveals that the gap ceases to exist when doctors work half-day rather than a full day. The findings support the view that doctor fatigue results in less [...] Read more…
Celebrities have always shown the way in case of diets, but when it comes to the raw food diet, they may be actually onto something. Maximilian Bircher-Benner, a Swiss doctor discovered the benefits of the raw food diet in the 1800s after he recovered from jaundice by munching raw apples. He studied the effects of eating raw [...] Read more…
Canadian researchers have created a life saving tool, which gives oral cancer patients a fighting chance at survival. The BC Cancer Agency developed this handy tool that emits a fluorescent light - a blue light which could assist doctors distinguish between healthy cells & tissues and cancer-affected cells & tissues. Many a times, surgeons miss detecting [...] Read more…
A recent study shows a direct link between using cotton ear buds to remove ear wax & ruptured eardrums also known TMP – tympanic membrane perforations. Over half of the patients visiting ENT doctors acknowledge using swabs, but this practice can cause serious ear damage if they push the swabs in too far. On the bright [...] Read more…
Is it time to wean your baby off the bottle? Research says prolonged use is linked to obesity. Children who take to the baby bottle at around 2 years, had a 33% chance of turning obese at 5 ½ than kids who didn’t. What was surprising was that about 22% of the kids studied still drank [...] Read more…
Blood vitamin D levels below the normal range are associated with a heightened probability of developing diabetes. Australian researchers have found that people with below-normal vitamin D levels definitely had a 57% greater possibility of developing type 2 diabetes as against those with normal Vitamin D levels. The insulin produced by the body to regulate blood sugar [...] Read more…
