All posts tagged with bacteria
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-(Natural News) Are you one of those people who obsessively washes their hands with anti-germ handwash and sprays the countertops repeatedly with hygiene cleaners? If so, it may come as a surprise to know that some scientists believe that this kind of obsessive cleaning could actually be making you sicker. It may sound counterintuitive, but as […]
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-(Natural News) Avocados are one of the best and most popular superfoods out there. But like any other food, they could become contaminated. In fact, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revealed that one-fifth of the avocados they examined were contaminated with harmful bacteria. The FDA tested more than 1,600 imported and domestic avocados between […]
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-(Natural News) Over the past few years, cars have become more affordable, which has led to a huge boom of private vehicles on our roads. While they sure are convenient, the sudden dramatic rise has some grave consequences for human and environmental health. The latest data from the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed that nine out […]
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-(Natural News) Do you remember when you last cleaned your smartphone screen? According to a study in the U.K., over a third of users have never cleaned their phones, which means these devices are filthier than a toilet seat. The research was conducted by Insurance2go, a British travel insurance company. Aerobic bacteria, mold, and yeast on your […]
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-(Natural News) Though antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” are becoming a significant public health threat, most Americans are clueless about the superbug problem and its deadly consequences. As bacteria mutate to outsmart and resist antibiotic drugs, some 700,000 people around the world die from an untreatable bacterial infection each year. Recently, public health officials from Nevada reported on […]
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-(Natural News) A new study analyzed the “first-responders” of the immune system and how the body responds to the invasion of bacteria. Researchers at the KU Leuven Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine in Belgium found that the cells lining the upper respiratory tract are the first to defend the body from harmful bacteria that enter the […]
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-(Natural News) Home gardening is a popular stress-relieving hobby: it offers many benefits, such as letting you spend more time outdoors and being a source of fresh fruits and vegetables. According to a study, gardening’s therapeutic benefits may be due to Mycobacterium vaccae (M. vaccae), which is bacteria found in the soil. The study, which was published […]
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-(Natural News) Researchers warn that infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria will continue to increase each year, especially since these acquire more resistance genes from other bacteria. The effects of such a genetic delineation prompted scientists from the Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg in Sweden to evaluate large numbers of bacterial DNA. Their study looked […]
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-(Natural News) A group of researchers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has developed a new antibiotic-resistant detection test. According to Science Daily, their process will allow medical professionals to determine how bacteria will react to a particular antibiotic in no more than half an hour. What once took two to three days could […]
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-(Natural News) Everything in nature is driven by a so-called genetic code that boils down to just four “letters” – G, C, A, and T. These letters stand for the four DNA bases that serve as the foundation of all life on Earth, and they are the ones carrying detailed instructions on how to make proteins […]
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