Lazy days at the pool or beach are warm weather rituals for many families. But if you’re tempted to let your child play outdoors for even a few minutes without the proper sun protection, you might want to think twice. “It only takes one severe sunburn to potentially double your child’s chances of getting melanoma later… Continue reading
Day: July 21, 2010
Healthy rules that you can break sometimes
Eight glasses of water; five to seven servings of fruits and veggies; eight hours of sleep — just keeping track of health recommendations can be exhausting, let alone following them. Here are 12 health rules that it’s OK — and sometimes even good — to break. 1. Don’t eat food that’s fallen on the floor.… Continue reading
Drug resistance: next move predict from software
Researchers at Duke University Medical Center are using computers to identify how one strain of dangerous bacteria might mutate in the same way a champion chess player tries to anticipate an opponent’s strategies. The predictive software could result in better drug design to beat antibiotic-resistant mutations. “This work shows a way to predict bacterial resistance… Continue reading