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A Chewing Gum That Cut Oral HPV by up to 93 Percent
An engineered gum reduced HPV and nearly eliminated two bacteria linked to head and neck cancer. It is early work, and the delivery method is the genuinely clever part.
Aug 6, 2026
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A Technician at Russia's Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute Has Died, and Authorities Give Conflicting Accounts of Why
About 200 people are under medical observation after the death of a 28-year-old worker, who reportedly broke a test tube of plague bacteria. Russian health officials call it pneumonia of unknown cause.
Oct 4, 2026
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Alfalfa Sprout Outbreak Has Now Sickened 76 People in 16 States, With 21 New Cases Since August
The CDC's 1 October update counts 76 illnesses from E. coli, Salmonella or both, all traced to one lot of alfalfa seed. Six people have been hospitalised and none has died.
Oct 2, 2026
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Omega Three and a Daily Aspirin Matched Antibiotics for Severe Gum Disease Over a Full Year
In a placebo controlled trial of 109 people, 58 per cent of the antibiotic group and 57.7 per cent of the supplement group reached the clinical target. The placebo group reached 23.1 per cent, and that third number is what makes the first two mean anything.
Aug 31, 2026
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Dry Air Indoors: Why Winter Heating and Summer Cooling Both Crack Your Lips, and What Humidity to Aim For
Heated air in a cold climate and conditioned air in a hot one end up equally dry. Between 40 and 50 per cent relative humidity the skin, the airways and the furniture are all happier; below 30 they are not.
Dec 13, 2023
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Oil Pulling and Tongue Scraping: One Has Modest Evidence, the Other Is Mostly Enthusiasm
Two Ayurvedic oral practices have gone mainstream on very different evidence bases. Neither replaces a toothbrush, and one of them has a Cochrane review that found two trials and forty people.
Sep 4, 2026
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A Cold: What Shortens One, What Only Feels Like It Does, and Why Antibiotics Are Never the Answer
Two hundred viruses, seven to ten days, no cure. Zinc lozenges started early and honey for the cough have modest evidence. Vitamin C, echinacea and most of the pharmacy shelf have none. Rest is not a platitude; it is the treatment.
Dec 23, 2025
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Gut Microbiome Testing: What It Can and Cannot Tell You Today
Mail-in stool tests promise personalized nutrition insight, but the same sample sent to different labs can come back with conflicting advice.
Oct 3, 2025
