Quit smoking for healthy pink lips
The colour of your lips primarily depends on your complexion, but fair people can also develop dark lips if they smoke excessively or consume too much tea or coffee. Here are some tips to improve the appearance of your lips. Having one or two cups of tea or coffee in a day does not matter, but consuming too much of it should be avoided. If you are a smoker, quit and apply Vaseline on your lips regularly to prevent dryness. Protect your lips from the sun. Wear lip balm with SPF 30. It makes them soft too. Hydration of lips is very important. Eat lots of vegetables, fruits and fluids. Superficial exfoliation of the lips can be also done. One can use salicylic acid based lip balms. Don’t get permanent tattoos on lips.
Xenon may treat stress disorder
Xenon, the gas that has anaesthetic properties, could help treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other conditions linked with fear and anxiety, says a study. Xenon induces anesthesia by blocking a molecule in the brain known as the NMDA receptor — associated with memory function — and as a result the gas may also interfere with memory re-consolidation, a process in which previously stored memories get altered each time they are recalled. “The fact that we were able to inhibit remembering of a traumatic memory with xenon is very promising because it is currently used in humans for other purposes, and thus it could be re-purposed to treat PTSD,” said co-author of the study Marc Kaufman, associate professor of psychiatry from the Harvard Medical School.
Flour behind occupational asthma
German researchers have identified flour as the main cause of occupational asthma, closely followed by cleaning products. The research, the largest of its kind to be undertaken in France, aimed to understand who was most affected by the condition and what the main causes were. A team from University Hospital Strasbourg collected data over a three-year period from a network of respiratory doctors specialising in occupational diseases. “Flour was identified as the main cause — seen in 20 per cent of cases — closely followed by ammonium compounds often found in cleaning products,” said lead study author and professor Frederic De Blay from the University Hospital Strasbourg. Women were more likely to be diagnosed with occupational asthma compared to men.