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Social media apps are useful sources of information. They help us catch up with the activities of friends, news, current affairs, government COVID updates and the latest happenings in celebrity and sport. But during the pandemic, you may have felt you spend too much time on social media. On occasion you may have seen the

Aspirin is one of the most widely used drugs in the world. Its main ingredient comes from a natural product, salicin, found in plants such as willow and myrtle. Aspirin is also a good example of how myths build up around ancient medicines. Its origins have been closely linked with Hippocrates, the famous ancient Greek

As fear over the novel coronavirus escalates, it’s getting harder to find even a simple bottle of hand sanitizer. On Amazon, many listings are sold out. CVS warns that customers may find empty store shelves. “This demand may cause temporary shortages at some store locations and we re-supply those stores as quickly as possible,” a

If you know anything about the keto diet, you understand that the eating style is preeettyyy restrictive, and not the easiest to stick with long-term. Still, fans of the high-fat, low-carb diet tout benefits like weight loss breakthroughs, more energy, clearer skin, and less cravings for sugar. Sounds wonderful, right? Well, a new version of

Like humans, many bacteria like to spend time at the beach. The so-called flesh-eating bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, don’t just like the beach; they need it, and rely on seasalt for survival. And as with human beachgoers, the warmer the water, the more of them there are. V. vulnificus is most commonly found in the warm

Even though most of us get a baseline education in nutrition — or at least an outdated version of the food pyramid — in school, it’s easy to go through life without a clear understanding of what is and isn’t healthy. It doesn’t help that the clever marketing of food corporations looking to make more

First, yogurt started crowding out everything else on the dairy shelf. Then Greek yogurt muscled its way in. But one underdog dairy case food, which kept hanging on by its fingernails, is starting to fight its way back. Some brands of cottage cheese, including Good Culture and Muuna, are starting to make it cool, launching

It’s no secret it’s flu season right now. We’ve been warned to get our flu shots for months, know to wash our hands constantly and drink plenty of fluids if we start feeling sick. But it’s not just the flu we need to be on the lookout for right now; there’s another condition out there

 Ever wondered exactly why we bite our nails and why it is so darn hard to make it STAHPPP?   Well, researchers from the University of Montreal now have the answers as to why and apparently it’s related to our personalities.   Oh please, are they for real? Like why do all these studies have

Have you had your banana bread today? Remember the slice of supreme pizza you snagged at the lunch meeting? The brownies your cubemate brought to cure the Monday blues? How about the carrot cake to celebrate John's retirement, the cookies in the kitchenette, the baked potato chips that got you through the afternoon? People have

Common chemical used in plastic packaging and disposable cups is ‘probably carcinogenic for humans’, the World Health Organisation has warned Styrene, a chemical used to make rubber and plastics, is ‘probably carcinogenic’ Its rating was upgraded from possibly cancer-causing after thorough research Exposure to the chemical at work raises risk of leukaemia and nasal cancer