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Microbes in mouth reflect lifestyle choices
A new study in Nepal reveals that oral microbiomes differ among traditional foragers, agriculturalists and industrialists, and with behaviors like smoking and diet.
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Cannabis use tied to increased risk of severe COVID-19
Researchers have found that people who reported using any form of cannabis at least once in the year before developing COVID-19 were significantly more likely to need hospitalization and intensive care than were people with no such history.
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Study reveals what smoking does to oral bacteria
The father of biotechnologist Giacomo Antonello, a dentist, sometimes amazed patients with his seemingly clairvoyant diagnostic abilities: one look in their mouth and he would advise them to see a specialist, because, he explained, they might have a problem with their heart or diabetes. He often turned out to ...
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Nicotine-degrading bacteria protects against smoking-related liver disease in mice
A gut bacterium capable of breaking down nicotine and protecting against smoking-related fatty liver disease progression in a mouse model has been identified in a Nature paper.