Add one more to the list of tumor-causing bad guys in the colon.
microbes
Why Circumcision Lowers Risk of HIV
Promising trials hinted that circumcision could lower rates of HIV infection, but until now, researchers didn’t fully understand why
Can You Smell Obesity?
According to the latest research, it may be on your breath.
What Roller Derby Can Teach Us about Our Germs
Researcher and former skater Jessica Green wanted to test how microbes are spread by contact. What better way to do so than via a sport with plenty of contact?
Zit Zapper: How (Good) Bacteria Could Be the Answer to Clear Skin
It’s one of the crueler realities of teendom — some kids are plagued with monster zits and problem skin, while others tend to sail through adolescence with nary a blemish.
The Good Bugs: How the Germs in Your Body Keep You Healthy
A consortium of scientists has set about mapping the millions of bacteria that live in and on our bodies, keeping us healthy
Are Cesarean Sections Contributing to Childhood Obesity?
A new study finds that babies born by c-section are twice as likely to be obese by age 3 as those delivered vaginally.
Are kids too clean for their own good?
Raising children in an über-hygienic atmosphere may inhibit immune system development key to fighting infection and disease later in life, according to a new study from researchers at Northwestern University. Researchers followed a group of more than 3,000 Filipino children from their mother’s third trimester of pregnancy through 22
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