Category: Health

People adopt smoking habits due to many factors—and surprisingly, genetics is one of them. Researchers from Kaiser Permanente Northern California discovered that genetic ancestry plays a role in one’s smoking initiation and can even influence the number of cigarettes people use daily. The researchers found that the association between people’s genetic ancestry and cigarette usage remains clear even after factors like one’s education, socioeconomic factors, and marital status are taken into account.
This association is concerning…

While some people wonder, “what is whole milk?” and if it’s good for them, others can’t digest any form of dairy. The discomfort you experience after indulging in a glass of warm milk or a bowl of ice cream results from lactose intolerance. Guess what? The condition is way more common than you think.
Up to 75% of the world’s population have some degree of lactose intolerance, meaning they lack the enzyme needed to digest lactose…

Atopic Dermatitis is a chronic skin condition and most common among children. The research study aims to identify how fungi and bacteria cause this skin condition. Moreover, it expects to determine basic measures to create a more advanced and effective future treatment. Healthy children and those with atopic dermatitis are welcome to join.
Commonly Asked Questions
What is included?
For Patients with Atopic Dermatitis (Eczema):
The child’s skin sample is needed at separate time points such as baseline, flare, and post flare. Visit scheduling and timing are necessary to conduct this study.
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Smoking can harm your heart, lungs, and most of your organs. People who usually want to live a healthier lifestyle decide to kick smoking out of their habits and become less dependent on it. However, people who smoke when they want to quit smoking are usually tempted to turn to vaping devices.
As part of their transition from cigarette smoking to none at all, smokers consider that using vaping devices or e-cigarettes can help them adjust eventually. Although it is less harmful than smoking nicotine, vaping, according to scientists, is still unsafe says Industry leaders.
Vaping Causes …