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Shower warning – ‘clean your belly button properly’ or risk infection – signs of infection

Dr Fiona Worsnop, consultant dermatologist at Stratum Clinics, explained belly button lint is caused by a buildup of debris, such as fibres from clothing, dead skin cells and body hair, in the umbilicus. She continued: “These are normal things which all our skin regularly has contact with, but the hollow of the belly button can… Read More: Shower warning – ‘clean your belly button properly’ or risk… »

Heart Risk Factors Show Up Earlier in U.S. Black Women

THURSDAY, May 6, 2021 — Young Black American women have high rates of lifestyle-related risk factors for heart disease, a new study indicates. The findings show the need to help them adopt healthy eating and physical activity habits, as well as make it easier for them to access health care, the researchers said. “Young people… Read More: Heart Risk Factors Show Up Earlier in U.S. Black Women »

With COVID spread, ‘racism — not race — is the risk factor’

A commentary last summer in the NEJM Catalyst │Innovations in Care Delivery by Thomas B. Sequist, professor of medicine and health care policy at Harvard Medical School, took a broader look at COVID rates in the Navajo Nation, which has high rates of poverty (43 percent) and a population of 180,000 people across New Mexico,… Read More: With COVID spread, ‘racism — not race — is the… »

Sun creams risk causing cancer if left on shelf too long, say scientists

Some of the world’s most popular sunscreens risk causing cancer if left on the shelf too long because a commonly used sun protection factor breaks down into a harmful ingredient, US and French researchers claim. f left for a year at room temperature, one of the key ingredients in sunscreens breaks down into benzophenone, a… Read More: Sun creams risk causing cancer if left on shelf too… »