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Blue Sweat Showed Up on a Husband Weeks After His Wife, and Other Cases Followed New Prescriptions

Blue sweat usually traces to skin bacteria, and case reports link some cases to new medications and one to a husband carrying his wife's strain.

Medical Daily · 22h ago

Why Loose Cattle Eat Festival Waste and What It Does to the Rumen

The Rumen Is a Fermentation Vat, Not a StomachCattle are ruminants, which means digestion begins not in an acid stomach but in a four-chambered system where the first and largest chamber, the rumen, holds between 100 and 150 litres of fermenting ingesta in an adult cow. Billions of microbes, bacteria,…

Times Life · 23h ago

How Often Should You Wash Your Makeup Brushes? The Hygiene Truth

What Builds Up on an Unwashed BrushMakeup brushes are warm, porous, and pressed against skin daily. Within 48 hours of first use, the bristle base, the dense area near the ferrule where product compacts, begins collecting dead skin cells, sebum, and residual pigment. By the end of the first week,…

Times Life · Oct 20

In 2018, over 6,000 volunteers examined pictures of tuberculosis bacteria exposed to drugs; their answers helped researchers test resistance to 13 medicines

In a collective effort in 2018, over 6,000 volunteers joined the BashTheBug project, focusing on tuberculosis bacteria images. Utilizing the Zooniverse platform, they gathered crucial data on antibiotic resistance through crowd-sourced analysis. Participants meticulously assessed photographs to evaluate bacterial growth under varying antibiotic conditions. Remarkably, their findings resonated with those…

The Economic Times · Oct 17

Raw Cheddar Cheese Recalled in 2 States Over Dangerous E. Coli Risk — Check Your Fridge

A New York dairy company is recalling a batch of raw cheddar cheese sold in New York and New Jersey after testing detected potentially dangerous E. coli bacteria. Shoppers who recently purchased specialty cheddar cheese should check their refrigerators before preparing their next meal.

Grocery Coupon Guide · Oct 16

Squalane, Jojoba or Rosehip: Which Facial Oil Works in Indian Summer Heat

Why Facial Oils Behave Differently in HumiditySkin produces more sebum when temperatures rise. Add 70 to 90 percent relative humidity, standard across coastal and central India from April through September, and the skin's surface is already saturated with its own lipids before you apply anything. A facial oil layered on…

Times Life · Oct 16

Man opens a bottle of berries from Montenegro in his living room. Then it explodes: ‘That was a berry bad idea’

Some even got to the ceiling!

We Got This Covered · Oct 15

A Bacterium First Found in Soy Sauce Mash Infected a Man's Heart Valve, in What Doctors Call a First

Spanish doctors report the first documented native heart valve infection from Staphylococcus condimenti, a microbe first found in soy sauce mash.

Medical Daily · Oct 15

Good gut bacteria vs bad: what we learnt about antibiotic resistance from a community in Nairobi

Years of antibiotic use have fuelled a rise in bacteria that can survive antibiotics. These antibiotic resistant bacteria are competing with and displacing other bacteria that are naturally present in the human gut, where they play a critical role in maintaining good health. Resistant bacteria have led to increased illness…

The Conversation · Oct 15

Why Frog Skin Detects a Polluted Stream Before Any Lab Test Can

Skin That Breathes, Drinks, and Absorbs Everything A frog does not drink water through its mouth. It absorbs it through a patch of highly vascularised skin on its belly and inner thighs called the drinking patch, pulling moisture and dissolved gases directly into the bloodstream. The same surface handles a…

Times Life · Oct 15