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How To Avoid Bad Breath, Bleeding Gums, And Dry Mouth Caused By Mask Mouth
Have you heard of “mask mouth”? It already doesn’t sound good, right? Our new way of life has introduced a funky little side-effect due to the frequent and long term use of face masks. I’m personally convinced that we will all be walking around like storm troopers in the future. So, hopefully these tips from…
Top 10 Ways to Make Hydration Fun!
Staying hydrated is important, of course. It can get a bit boring sometimes; I don’t care how much you like water. I love water and enjoy drinking it, but I will admit it is nice to change it up a bit. We found this article from HealthifyMe Blog with some great tips on adding a bit of…
Guess who just became the second nation in the world to legalize marijuana
(CNN)Recreational marijuana use will soon be legal in Canada after the Senate passed a “historic” bill on Tuesday with a vote of 52-29. Canada is only the second country in the world — and the first G7 nation — to implement legislation to permit a nationwide marijuana market. In the neighboring US, nine states and…
Colossal Poop Almost Kills A Man
Doctors in Australia have intervened after a man became so constipated his fecal matter gave him paralysis in one of his legs. A 53-year-old took himself to the emergency room with abdominal pain that had been building for three days, swelling and nausea. More alarmingly, he was experiencing pain in his right leg, which…
Man ruptures throat by stifling a sneeze
Image copyright Getty Images Stifling a sneeze by clamping your nose and mouth shut can cause serious physical damage, doctors are warning. Medics in Leicester treated a 34-year-old man who ruptured his throat while trying to stop a high-force sneeze. With nowhere to escape, the pressure ripped through the soft tissue, and although rare and…
Unbound raises $2.7 million for womens sexual wellness
Unbound, a sexual wellness startup for women, recently raised $2.7 million from Founders Fund, Slow Ventures, Arena Ventures, SoGal Ventures and others. Founded by Polly Rodriguez of Women of SexTech, Unbound aims to empower women to own their sexuality. “Raising money is always hard but it took an exceptional amount of resilience,” Rodriguez said. Unbound’s…
Four drug companies racing to develop migraine therapy
Image copyright Getty Images A new approach to preventing migraines can cut the number and severity of attacks, two clinical trials show. About 50% of people on one study halved the number of migraines they had each month, which researchers at King’s College Hospital called a “huge deal”. The treatment is the first specifically designed…
Gold found in woman’s hands effected by rheumatoid arthritis
Meet the woman with the golden touch. Believe it or not, the short squiggly bright-white lines on this X-ray show flecks of gold that have become embedded in her hands. The story behind this image is explained in a medical case study published in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) this week. The 58-year-old South Korean woman…
Marijuana use associated with less opioid use and opioid-related death, studys show
(CNN)New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, head of the presidential commission on opioids, warned of the dangers of marijuana in a letter to President Donald Trump earlier this month about the panel’s findings, saying the current push for marijuana legalization could further fuel the opioid epidemic. “There is a lack of sophisticated outcome data on dose,…