Health and Skin Care

Interesting research published by the British Medical Journal in 2011 chronicles how, in 2003, the Tony Blair government in the UK invited all food companies, secretly, and informed them of the burden of hypertension cases on the National Health Service. The government’s ask was to reduce sodium content by 10 per cent every year for three years. It was an inclusive, well-informed policy directive that didn’t appear out of thin air, but was backed by data and research. After many years, once its impact had taken effect, the study quoted above was published to document this.Clearly, almost eight decades after leaving the subcontinent, the British have evolved, backing policy measures with authentic data to make informed decisions without disadvantaging any specific stakeholder. But we have not. Take the matter of health tax; there are numerous global examples of health taxes on a myriad of items consumed by the public to save on healthcare costs. Some countries impose duties on beverages...

  Introduction. It has been discovered that the biofilms formation dates back more than three billion years, founded on the examination of microbial fossils. This demonstrates the ancient adaptation and the ubiquity of biofilm formation. As biofilms can form on biotic or abiotic surfaces, they are associated with a large variety of human infections, which has led to an increased interest in biofilm research. Bacteria and fungi can exist as single, free-floating (planktonic) cells, or as groups of cells called biofilm. A structured consortium of microbial cells surrounded by a self-produced polymer matrix equals a microbial biofilm. In addition to microorganisms, the biofilm matrix may also contain elements from the host, such as fibrin, platelets, or immunoglobulins. Infections caused by biofilms can be either monomicrobial or polymicrobial. Two-thirds of human illnesses are thought to involve biofilms. Gram-positive, gram-negative bac...