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Ginger Relieves Infected Root Canals R
esearch from the University of Medical Sciences and Technology, in Khartoum, Sudan, tested the efficacy of ginger, cinnamon and a combination of both in reducing root canal infections. The study
tested infections
associated with 50 teeth involved in root canals. They were divided into five groups. One was treated with a paste of extract of ginger, another of cinnamon, and an- other with both of them. The final two groups were divided into a positive control group treated with calcium hy- droxide with iodoform paste, and a negative control group was left untreated. The researchers recorded the number of colony forming units (CFU) of bacteria—individual bacteria units capable of growing into a colony—before and after the treatments. The extract of ginger group showed the most effectiveness, with a reduction from 83 CFUs to 26.5, sug- gesting that ginger may help treat or prevent root canal infections. The cinnamon group saw their status reduced slightly, to 77.8 CFUs, and the combination caused a de- crease to 49.7.
Inactive Lifestyle Accelerates Aging G
etting off the couch and just moving may help slow the aging process in women that do not lead active lifestyles. Researchers from the Univer- sity of California at San Diego measured the telomere lengths of white blood cells in 1,481 women between the ages of 64 and 95. Telomere lengths are a measure of aging within genes. After adjusting for other health and lifestyle factors, the re- searchers found that the women with less physical activity had
shorter telomere lengths than those with more active lifestyles. natural awakenings June 2017 7
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