Alcohol and drugs do not fit together, this is probably the most people known. But other drinks can affect medicines, sometimes with dangerous consequences. Alcohol "Whether or not reinforced, weaker or even no effect, sudden heart palpitations, dizziness, or Nausea: alcohol makes the drugs unpredictable,” says Thomas Brückner, pharmacist at the Association of the Pharmaceutical industry e. V. (BPI). Especially […]
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The first kiss can set the tone for the rest of your budding romantic relationship with a person. Get it right, and it’s your gateway to a second, third, fourth… But if it’s bad, it can be a disaster. In a thread on Reddit, just in time for Valentine’s Day, men and women have been sharing all of the different […]
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In Germany, birth doctors use for induction of labor according to media reports, a drug that is not approved in obstetrics. This could lead in some cases to severe complications in mother and child, to the death of babies, reports the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” and the Bavarian radio. The German society for gynecology and obstetrics (DGGG) confirmed to the German press […]
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In the summer, a mother in Nashville with a seemingly incurable genetic disorder finally found an end to her suffering—by editing her genome. Victoria Gray’s recovery from sickle cell disease, which had caused her painful seizures, came in a year of breakthroughs in one of the hottest areas of medical research—gene therapy. “I have hoped for a cure since I […]
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Whether you’re a morning person or not, taking the time to style your hair everyday can be exhausting. Once out of the shower, you have to blow dry it—and then most likely follow up with a flat or curling iron. And don’t even get us started on round brushing (i.e. the bane of our existence). After five minutes of tackling […]
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The most effective strategies against influenza is the annual Influenza vaccination and a thorough hands are surely wash. Experts have, however, offer even more tips on what you can do in order to not to infect. Flu viruses can survive for up to an hour on hands and on some surfaces even up to two days. Therefore, it is regular […]
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From sitting over a pot of boiling water to steam the vagina, to sticking jade eggs you-know-where, “wellness” trends involving the genitals don’t seem to want to die. Now, there’s another one to add to that list: “perineum sunning.” Yes, you heard that right. In recent months, the new “self-care” method—aka “butthole sunning”—has started to gain momentum, mostly thanks to […]
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That fat accumulations in the blood vessels the risk of heart problems, is known. Now Australian scientists have found out that similar deposits may also occur in the lungs and this could be one reason that Asthma occurs in Obese more frequently. So far, it was assumed that Asthma and obstructive lung disease in Obesity by inflammatory processes or additional […]
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For most dog-owners, a few slobbery licks are part of sharing your life with a canine companion. But for one man, his dog’s saliva was lethal. The unnamed 63-year-old, who lived in Germany, died from “multi-organ failure” a few weeks after he was licked by his dog, according to the man's doctors, who wrote about the case in the European Journal of […]
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In the past week, news has spread of a Florida judge’s decision to grant a warrant allowing police to search one of the world’s largest online DNA databases, for leads in a criminal case. The warrant reportedly approved the search of open source genealogy database GEDMatch. An estimated 1.3 million users have uploaded their DNA data onto it, without knowing […]
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