How Your Gum Disease Harms Your Children

How Your Gum Disease Harms Your Children

It is tempting to think of gum disease as something that happens mostly in our mouths. But a study presented at a Copenhagen meeting of the European Federation of Periodontology warns that the consequences of gum disease reach far beyond our mouths… Even as far as...
Everyday Oil Clears Nail Fungus

Everyday Oil Clears Nail Fungus

Even medical specialists agree that nail fungus is difficult to treat, as evidenced by the fact that prescription medicines are not terribly effective. A new study in the Zagazig University Medical Journal out of Egypt, however, put an everyday oil (treated in a...
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Caused By This Sweetener

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Caused By This Sweetener

One of the surest ways to improve the taste and thereby the popularity of food is to make it sweeter. But according to a study presented at ENDO 2022, the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society, not all sweets are made the same when it comes to NAFLD. In fact, there...
This Mineral Heals Gum Disease

This Mineral Heals Gum Disease

When we think of the minerals our bodies need to function optimally, we usually think of the big ones, such as calcium and magnesium. But a study in the International Journal of Scientific Research reveals a mineral that’s essential for our gum health. This mineral...
Nail Fungus: This Two-Punch Approach

Nail Fungus: This Two-Punch Approach

Scientists have been struggling for some time to find a treatment for nail fungus that is actually effective and that works relatively quickly. The journal Dermatologic Therapy has just published a study that offers a two punch approach to the nail fungus. And it’s...