Tag: disease

Is It Safe to Be Around Artificial Snow?

The bacterium used in Snomax is non-viable (it is killed first) and it cannot grow at human body temperature. Regulatory reviews in Europe and North America have not found evidence that it causes infectious disease in humans. But not a lot of studies have been done.

Why this French ski village is being stalked by a nerve disease

Researchers found that this French ski village was known for eating this one thing

If you live in these US states you are more likely to get epilepsy

People who live in these US states are more prone to seizures.

Is bear meat safe to eat?

It may not be a question you ask yourself every day in the city, but if you venture north in countries like Canada where wild bears are a mythical creature to be revered and feared, it just may happen that you will be offered bear meat. But is it safe?

The body odors that make mosquitoes want to bite you

The mosquitos inside a tennis-court-sized cage didn’t carry the malaria parasite and couldn’t get at the people sleeping in surrounding pods, but could smell them.

How Theranos’s Elizabeth Holmes saves lives in developing world

Update Nov. 2020: Theranos founded Elizabeth Holmes was charged for fraud while leading Theranos, and now faces criminal charges.

How your DNA has evolved with parasites

Parasites need to adapt to continue living off their hosts. Almost every type of organism on earth faces parasitism,...

Lebanon’s Severe Pollution Contaminates Cheese and Meat – Watch What You Eat!

Lebanon is suffering from a serious crisis of E. Coli and listeria contamination thanks to unhygienic conditions and polluted waterways....

Get Your Blood Tested for Heavy Metals

If you live in the west or the east, in an economically advanced country or a repressed one, getting...

Shisha: Don’t Read This If You Love Smoking It

This guy may look kind of sexy with his pipe, but the BBC unveils just how toxic smoking shisha...