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The germs hiding in your make-up bag and how often you should clean it

Are you cleaning your make-up enough? Here’s what can happen if you’re not…

The Independent UK

Fibre in diet may boost the body against infections

The group of bacteria called Enterobacteriaceae, including Klebsiella pneumoniae, Shigella, E.coli and others, is present at low levels as part of a healthy human gut microbiome. Read further on Dynamite News:

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The gym can be full of germs – here’s how to protect yourself

Exercise is good for you – but the gym might not be.

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Healthy coffee, brain food and adaptogenic beer: do functional foods really work?

Healthy eating is no longer just a few more salads and a few less sweets. Now you can decrease inflammation by drinking olive oil water, and buy ‘brain food’ in Marks & Spencer. Can they really make a difference, asks Giulia Crouch?

Evening Standard

How fiber helps protect your gut

"We found that our gut environment . . . plays a big role in keeping potentially harmful bacteria in check"

Salon

Study unleashes fibre diet may aid body against infections

A new study has found that the composition of the gut microbiome helps in predicting how likely a person will succumb to potentially life-threatening infection with Klebsiella pneumoniae. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Fibre may help protect your gut from overgrowth of harmful bugs – new study

Our body isn’t just human — it’s home to trillions of microorganisms found in or on us. In fact, there are more microbes in our gut than there are stars in the Milky Way. These microbes are essential for human health, but scientists are still figuring out exactly what they…

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Why is my dishwasher not cleaning properly? How to fix the 5 most common issues

Our cleaning pros share their advice on avoiding build-up, bacteria and blockages

Homes & Gardens

Tularemia: The 'rabbit fever' that can fatally infect humans

Tularemia, or "rabbit fever," is an infectious disease that normally affects animals but can spread to humans, sometimes via tick and deer fly bites.

LiveScience

I’m a mattress cleaning expert — this is when you should rotate, vacuum and deep clean your bed in 2025

Your complete guide to maintaining and cleaning your mattress in 2025.

Tom’s Guide

Study finds unexpected benefit to plant-based diet

Even temporary shift to more plant-based foods can help boost gut health

The Independent UK

Antibiotic emergency ‘could claim 40 million lives in next 25 years’

As superbugs spread across the globe, death rates from antimicrobial resistance are set to double, says England’s former chief medical officer

The Guardian - UK

Cases of rare ‘rabbit fever’ disease rose by more than 50 percent in the U.S. in recent years

Cases of the sometimes deadly bacterial disease have been reported across the country

The Independent UK

This New Year's cleaning checklist is all you need to start 2025 off with a sparkle – with tips for target hygiene and kitchen clean-ups

Start the year off on the right foot

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The Conversation

Why do disinfectants only kill 99.9% of germs? Here’s the science

Have you ever wondered why most disinfectants indicate they kill 99.9% or 99.99% of germs, but never promise to wipe out all of them? Perhaps the thought has crossed your mind mid-way through cleaning your kitchen or bathroom.

LiveScience

10 'superbug' stories from 2024, from bacterial 'Kryptonite' to deep-sea antibiotics

Antibiotic and antifungal drug resistance pose a major public health threat. Live Science is covering the spread of this problem and the potential solutions that are emerging in turn.

Dynamite News

Study finds how bacterial vaccine demonstrates potential as treatment for cancer immunotherapy

Columbia researchers developed probiotic bacteria that train the immune system to eliminate cancer cells, paving the way for a new class of cancer vaccinations that take advantage of bacteria's innate tumour-targeting abilities. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Lasers powered by sunlight could beam energy through space to support interplanetary missions

New research has found a way to power spacecraft with lasers generated using solar energy alone.

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How does E. coli get into food?

Dangerous strains of E. coli bacteria can infiltrate the food supply through many different routes, experts explain.

The Independent UK

Flesh-eating bacteria cases rise in Australia as new warnings issued over ‘painless symptom’

The disease takes the appearance of a lump which then becomes a destructive ulcer

The Independent UK

The best supplements to take, according to experts

These are the expert-approved products to know for gut health, improved energy, joint care and more

The Conversation

How to detect more antimicrobial resistant bacteria in our waterways

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in waterways presents a critical threat. If commonly used antibiotics are deemed useless, decades of progress in human medicine and agriculture could be undermined.

Woman & Home

Dr Tim Spector reveals the exciting benefits of decaf coffee - and why it could be as good as the real thing

On the latest episode of the ZOE podcast, Dr Tim Spector revealed the health benefits of decaf coffee and tips for making it

AAP

Choc-a-block: Cadbury waste knocks out sewage plant

Industrial waste from a chocolate factory has killed the effluent-eating bacteria at a sewage plant, closing beaches along a major river.

The Guardian - UK

Ancient bones shed new light on debate over origins of syphilis

Study finds 9,000-year-old remains in Americas hold genomes of bacteria family that causes disease

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