The human immune system is powerful and complex. It must be on guard at all times and be able to distinguish friend from foe. Unfortunately, it does not always get it right and sometimes attacks the body’s own cells, causing…
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Why Dr. Fauci Thinks You Should Wear Two Masks
If you’ve been paying close attention to pandemic expert Dr. Anthony Fauci and you’ve been masking up, you might have noticed officials belonging to the freshly minted Biden administration going above and beyond by wearing not just one masks, but…
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Why Even Presidential Pressure Might Not Get More Vaccine to Market Faster
Americans are dying of covid-19 by the thousands, but efforts to ramp up production of potentially lifesaving vaccines are hitting a brick wall. Vaccine makers Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech are running their factories full tilt and are under enormous pressure to…
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Research reveals new insight into why breastfed babies have improved immune systems
Research led by the University of Birmingham and Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has revealed new insight into the biological mechanisms of the long-term positive health effects of breastfeeding in preventing disorders of the immune system in later…
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Why aren’t peanuts, pecans and almonds real nuts?
Fitting food into categories is a tricky business. Tomatoes and avocados grow like fruit but taste like vegetables. A watermelon is actually a berry, and so is an eggplant. And if that weren’t hard enough to swallow, it turns out…
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Why Jana Kramer, Mike Caussin Are Considering Baby No. 3 After Vasectomy
Future family of five? Jana Kramer and Mike Caussin talked about the potential for baby No. 3 one year after the athlete’s vasectomy. Full House! Jude Law and More Celeb Parents With Big Broods “We have an appointment,” the One…
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Why The Viral '#75Hard' Challenge Could Have Dangerous Consequences
If you’ve made it onto ‘FitTok’, the health and fitness community on social media platform TikTok, it’s likely that you’ve watched an influencer take on the 75 Hard challenge. The fitness and nutrition challenge has been circulating on the app…
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This Is Why Putting Your Elf On The Shelf In The Oven Is Always A Bad Idea
To all the Elf on the Shelf families out there, consider this a warning: Don’t put your elves in the oven. Ever. Parents from Overland Park, Kansas learned this lesson for us, according to Fox News. Chelsea Hightower told the…
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COVID-19 vaccines can cause side effects. Here’s why that shouldn’t stop you from getting the shots
A friend of Paul Offit’s volunteered for one of the COVID-19 vaccine trials but, like everyone who participated, was not told whether he was injected with a placebo or the real thing. The morning after getting the second dose, the…
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Study shows why some people may become seriously ill from meningococcal bacteria
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have come one step closer toward understanding why some people become seriously ill or die from a common bacterium that leaves most people unharmed. In a study published in The Lancet Microbe, the researchers…
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