Surgeons Should Operate Naked to Decrease Risk of Surgical Site Infections

Image courtesy of adamr at  FreeDigitalPhotos.net This controversial claim was actually made by a well-respected surgeon, Dr. Dellinger , at a well-respected institution, University of Washington Seattle , and published in a well-respected journal, Clinical Infectious Diseases . Although this research article's title is certainly published in jest, there is an underlying more serious message. In any case, the argument goes like this:     • FACT : Humans constantly shed skin flak…

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Luvs TV Commercials Promote The Hygiene Hypothesis

Why are the more experienced parents in these humorous Luvs commercials allowing their babies to "get dirty"? It's because of a theory that attempts to explain why well-developed countries like the United States have so many more people suffering from asthma and allergies compared to third world countries which suffer almost none. Known as the " Hygiene Hypothesis,"  it conjectures that major improvements in public health and medical technology have led to a clean…

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Why is Allergy Present More Now than in Past? Hygiene vs Hapten Hypothesis

It is pretty much well-established fact that there are more people with food and inhalant allergy now than in the past. Two main theories have been proposed to try and explain this unfortunate phenomenon that is affecting more kids with each new generation. Keep in mind the explanations provided below are significantly simplified for lay public understanding. One can go into cytokines, Th1 and Th2 responses, and other techno-jargon, but not here. Perhaps the most popular explanation is th…

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