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Study Links Picking Your Nose to Alzheimer’s Disease

The mechanism of chronic inflammation is at the root of many modern diseases, such as heart disease, cancer, auto-immune diseases and chronic hepatitis.1 A review of the literature from Western Sydney University has suggested that chronic neuroinflammation triggered by chronic nose picking may contribute to the development of Alzheimer’s disease.2 Nose picking is a common… Read More »

Report Links Power Lines to Cancer

After looking at a database of 850 patients diagnosed with lymphatic and bone marrow cancers between 1972 and 1980, researchers from the University of Tasmania and Britain‘s Bristol University found that living near high-voltage power lines might increase the risk of leukemia, lymphoma, and related conditions later in life. People who lived within 328 yards… Read More »