sickness
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No Mum, Cold Weather Won’t Make You Sick
I think we can all safely say that our mothers would yell at us as children if we went out in the cold without around fifty layers of clothes saying that we’d catch a cold. But can you really catch a cold from cold weather? Colds are caused by viruses, so no. But can cold…
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Why You’re More Likely to Experience Vaccine Side Effects If You Anticipate Them
The COVID pandemic has highlighted several interesting features of modern medical practice – most recently the “nocebo” response, which may account for a significant number of side effects people experience following vaccination. Nocebo responses (from Latin noci: to harm) are the opposite of the better known placebo. While the latter describes improvements in symptoms following…
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What To Do If You’re Sick On A Plane
Whether you’re airsick or ate something you shouldn’t have, being sick on a plane is the worst. Here’s how to get through the ordeal.
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Here’s Everything Inside Your Poo (Spoiler: It’s Mostly Alive)
If you’ve ever thought your poo is just a bunch of dead cells, think again. Most of it is alive, teeming with billions of microbes. Here’s what studies in healthy adults reveal makes up our poo.