Category: Health
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Why life can get better as we age
People say life gets better with age. Now research suggests this may be because older people have the wisdom and time to use mindfulness as a means to improve wellbeing. Healthy ageing researchers at Flinders University say certain characteristics of mindfulness seem more strongly evident in older people compared to younger people—and suggest ways for…
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New metabolism discovered in bacteria
Fig 1. While acetic acid creating bacteria and methanogens are dependent on the transfer of hydrogen in anoxic biotopes, Acetobacterium woodii recycles hydrogen within its cell. They make sauerkraut sour, turn milk into yogurt and cheese, and give rye bread its intensive flavour: bacteria that ferment nutrients instead of using oxygen to extract their energy.…
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COVID-19: Tips for mindfulness and coping with anxiety
Amid ever-changing information around the COVID-19 pandemic, many people are experiencing heightened stress and anxiety. “Anxiety is not right, and it is not wrong. It is just part of the human experience,” says Kristin Lothman, a mind-body counselor with Mayo Clinic’s Department of Integrative Medicine and Health. “Healthy anxiety calls us into action to be…
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Masks, gloves don’t stop coronavirus spread: experts
Wearing masks and gloves as a precaution against coronavirus is ineffective, unnecessary for the vast majority of people, and may even spread infections faster, experts said Tuesday. While near-total lockdowns have been imposed in Italy, Spain and now France, the World Health Organization’s advice has remained unchanged since the start of the global outbreak: wash…
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Drinking Tea Could Help Prevent Covid-19 Infections
According to an article, researchers from Zhejiang Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention found through experiments that in cells cultured in vitro, TEA, which is rich in POLYPHENOLS, works well in killing the virus extracellularly and suppressing its intracellular proliferation. Based on this, the research team suggested that Drinking TEA could help Prevent COVID-19…
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Young people not invincible to virus
Hundreds of millions of people worldwide kicked off the weekend under a coronavirus lockdown, as the global death toll accelerated sharply and the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned young people they were “not invincible”. The pandemic has completely upended lives across the planet, sharply restricting the movement of huge populations, shutting down schools and businesses,…
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Foods that help you maintain good immune system during COVID-19
On the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, the entire human race is at threat. The initial finding suggest that people with less immunity are widely affected with the COVID-19 infection. With no cure and no vaccine to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic infection, people are left stranded to safe guard themselves with isolation. During this life threating…