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Ebola still lingers in semen for months + Thermostats making us sicker? - C C - Oct 15, 2015
Ebola still lingers in semen for months, scientists find
www.zmescience.com/medicine/diseases-medicine/ebola-semen-research-15102015/
EXCERPT: We’ve reported some good news about Ebola, after no new cases were reported for over a month, but the struggle is not over. New study detailed how Ebola can survive in the semen of male survivors for months, potentially triggering new outbreaks....
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Our thermostats could be making us sicker
http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/our-thermostats-could-be-affecting-our-health.html
EXCERPT: [...] Central heating and cooling and the thermostat, and in recent years, smart thermostats, have made keeping our homes and buildings at steady temperatures incredibly easy. They also help us to make more energy efficient decisions. But now that so much of our lives are carried out indoors -- in our homes, offices and all other places we gather -- are we also starting to see some negative impacts of continual comfort?
A new study published in the UK journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B says that many of the body's evolved natural defenses that protect us in different seasons are being silenced by a year-round artificial summer. Scientists estimate that a quarter of our genes are sensitive to seasonal variations, but they're unsure exactly what impact the always-comfortable temperatures are having on those genes, though they suspect it's affecting our ability to ward off seasonal ailments....
RE: Ebola still lingers in semen for months + Thermostats making us sicker? - elte - Oct 16, 2015
I made a similar observation concerning central heat. However there may be other variables like allergies involved too. When I lived in a house with central heat from a forced-air furnace, I would get bad sinus infections. After I was where there was only space heating, the infections stopped.