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Most dentists don’t tell their patients about the importance of saliva alkalinity in dental health. They don’t tell you that alkaline saliva (7.0-7.4 pH) is central in preventing tooth decay and erosion.
Adult hearing loss may be a result of childhood deficiencies according to a recent study on hearing impairment in people from lower socioeconomic countries.
The parents of children with autism know that it can be a lonely road to travel sometimes. We know it can feel hopeless. This hopelessness and loneliness can lead to depression. All parents probably have these feelings to some extent, but the parents of autistic individuals feel these emotions multiplied exponentially. We special need’s parents define these emotions. As the mother of a teenager with autism, I have experienced about every emotion on the spectrum. I have screamed to myself, cried, smiled, and felt hopeless.
Many people like to make sure that they are clean, and that all the places they encounter are clean as well. Many of us prefer to sanitize surfaces in our homes to get rid of germs as much as we can. We particularly like to sanitize surfaces in our kitchens because it ensures that the places where we put our food will be clean so that we do not get sick. However, according to a new study, all the sanitization and cleaning we do in our kitchens may not be worth it after all.
This is the list of the top ten countries with the highest and lowest infant mortality rates.
An outbreak of salmonella infections linked to chicken salad has sickened 65 people in five states
When does drinking begin to increase the risk of liver disease? The answer surprised some researchers who followed thousands of men from late adolescence to middle age.
"Has anyone got any tips on how to deal with when your loved one who is suffering from Alzheimer's Disease makes something up which you know isn’t true. Do you tell them it didn’t happen like that or what?! I am finding I am upsetting my mum because my reaction is to disagree with her."
Discover how one app many Fitbit owners ignore just may be trying to save their lives.
Many people drink water from bottles, but is bottled water really healthier than tap water?
For many years, people have attempted to find the cure for cancer. There are many common treatments that people go through in order to get rid of cancer. While they sometimes are effective, unfortunately, they come with serious side effects.
Many schools in the United States require for their students to be properly vaccinated. In Oregon, schools are making the requirements stricter. Those students who are not up-to-date on their vaccinations will no longer be allowed to go to school starting on February 21st. Some of these required vaccines include: whooping cough, polio, chicken pox, and measles. Local health authorities notify parents of students if their children are not up-to-date on their vaccinations.
Finally, researchers came up with a peanut butter allergy treatment that works, but it can cost up to 10,000 US Dollars.
Do you argue with your friends over which diet is better, low-fat or low-carb? Then here's the final answer to a dieting question that has been as divisive as our politics.
One or two beers or glasses of wine a day shows some restraint. People who lack impulse control are not going to live long enough to participate in the study.
The bitter cucumber contains active ingredients that lower blood sugar for people with diabetes. This is according to the results of a study conducted by researchers from Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU).
A group of researchers from the University of Maryland’s School of Medicine discovered a relationship between stress in a man’s life and the likelihood of his future children developing schizophrenia or other mental illnesses.
Many autistic people are unemployed. Claudia Kreis, however, is an example of that things should be done differently. The young woman from Lohne, despite her developmental disability, is a valued member of the plastics processing company, Poppelmann.
In a new study scientists were able to clarify how bacteria can survive the acidic environment of the stomach and invade the intestine. This research could lead to a new cholera treatment method.
As part of her dissertation, Cornelia Rosschger from Salzburg has designed a molecule to be used in the fight against cancer. The molecule causes cancer cells to not divide so quickly. The helical molecule is a representation of a small element of the Id proteins, but is not an exact copy. It has the ability to recognize and capture Id proteins, thus weakening their biological function in the cancer cell.
Difficulties in social behavior and interacting with other people are common in those who have disorders such as schizophrenia, autism, and anxiety. For this target group, the European research project "AlterEgo" is developing a rehabilitation method for the treatment of such deficiencies using virtual reality and humanoid robots. The coordinator of the project is Benoît Bardy, Professor of Human Movement Sciences and Director of the EuroMov Center at the University of Montpellier. Participants include the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) in Kaiserslautern.
After a stroke, patients often have physical and mental disabilities. People who suffered from stroke have to visit a neurologist on a regular basis. Nine out of ten survivors have some degree of impaired motor function of the upper limbs, which is the most common post-stroke complication. Rehabilitation training should not only be lengthy, repetitive, specific, and complex, but it must also be motivating and intensive.
Did you know that dental disease is the most common childhood chronic disease? Here's some dental advice for those baby teeth.
The Internet has become an indispensable tool for both work and entertainment these days. But this can become a problem if children become addicted to technology. And one clinic, named Paradigm, promises to change that for a very hefty price.
Four years ago, Dr. Dustyn Williams began posting FREE online videos of himself teaching medicine the way he thought it should have been taught in medical school at Tulane. (He believed med school “sucked” and spent hours creating the videos while working full-time as a practicing physician.) With viewer numbers growing steadily, his friend epidemiologist Jamie Fitch saw an opportunity to do even more. The result was OnlineMedEd, now grossing $5 million annually in its third year and expanding into other verticals.
An information campaign describing the correct use of electronic devices is being launched as WHO prepares to consider "video game disorder" as a new disease.
Chronic alcohol use can cause the brain to waste away more so than marijuana use, compromising both the gray and white matter in the brain, according to the latest research.
We discussed a popular habit of teenagers with a doctor, and also found out what unexpected complications colds could bring this season.
Stress and depression are contagious. Physicians working with soldiers who have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) note that some members of these soldiers’ families also began to show symptoms associated with these conditions over time, despite the fact that they never served in the army.
Scientists examined some of the reasons as to why people drink alcohol. Of course, some of these reasons can be personal - a special occasion, habit, outing with a loved one, or Friday evening. However, these are all specific occasions. It is important to consider what a person’s motivation is when they drink during these times. What is it that they want to achieve?