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The advice is literally centuries old: Feed a cold and starve a fever. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01-cold-starve-fever.html Thu, 08 Jan 2026 08:32:25 EST news687083521 Americans may soon have access to a new sunscreen ingredient already used around the world. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-sunscreen-ingredient.html Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:57:37 EST news684763036 "Mineral-only" sunscreens are making huge inroads into the sunscreen market, driven by fears of "chemicals," a belief that "mineral" products are inherently safer, and confusion about how sunscreens actually protect our skin. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-mineral-chemical-sunscreens-science-difference.html Mon, 01 Dec 2025 09:41:27 EST news683804462 Tooth decay is the most common health condition worldwide. While it is preventable and treatable, billions of people are living with cavities and the pain that accompanies them. Given the massive scale of the problem, there's a growing movement in dentistry to treat cavities without drilling and filling them. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-09-generation-cavity-fighter-zinc-based.html Mon, 29 Sep 2025 15:50:03 EDT news678379103 A research team from Umeå University, Sweden, in collaboration with Ghent University, Belgium, has made a groundbreaking discovery about how the body's first immune defense, neutrophils, orchestrate the mobilization of zinc to fight microbes. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-09-immune-cells-zinc-infections-held.html Thu, 04 Sep 2025 16:00:03 EDT news676220063 Employees of the technology transfer center ANAXAM and researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI used the unique analytical methods available at PSI to look inside pre-filled syringes. They found that, in rare cases, zinc from the needle shield can leach into the drug solution to be injected and possibly contribute to syringe clogging. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07-zinc-needle-shields-linked-rare.html Wed, 30 Jul 2025 13:32:16 EDT news673101128 People with darker skin still need to wear sunscreen—for more reasons than one. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-05-sunscreen-darker-skin.html Sun, 25 May 2025 05:56:10 EDT news667371363 Lately, sunscreen has received some controversial bad press from influencers on social media platforms like TikTok. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-05-survive-sunburned-country.html Fri, 02 May 2025 09:31:05 EDT news665397062 West Virginia University neuroscientists have discovered a way to control how much zinc is released to specific locations in the brain. The essential mineral plays a major role in the organ's function, including improving memory and lessening symptoms of some neurological disorders, but getting the right amount to the right place is key. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03-neuroscientists-fine-tune-zinc-messaging.html Fri, 21 Mar 2025 09:55:05 EDT news661769702 Chickpeas and lentils, either whole or in flour form, offer more nutritional value to the human diet than products made from oats and wheat, research from the University of Adelaide has found. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03-nutritional-gains-opt-chickpeas-cereal.html Wed, 12 Mar 2025 07:17:05 EDT news660982622 Monash research could transform how broken bones are treated, with the development of a special zinc-based dissolvable material that could replace the metal plates and screws typically used to hold fractured bones together. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-02-zinc-based-implants-safer-dissolvable.html Wed, 12 Feb 2025 13:05:03 EST news658587901 Dietary zinc deficiency promotes lung infection by Acinetobacter baumannii bacteria—a leading cause of ventilator-associated pneumonia, according to a study published Nov. 15 in the journal Nature Microbiology. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-11-zinc-deficiency-acinetobacter-lung-infection.html Fri, 15 Nov 2024 12:16:14 EST news650895370 Serum zinc is often deficient in patients with liver cirrhosis and hepatic encephalopathy (HE), according to a study published online in the September issue of the Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-11-zinc-liver-cirrhosis-hepatic-encephalopathy.html Wed, 06 Nov 2024 13:13:14 EST news650121185 Researchers from Johns Hopkins Children's Center say they have identified a gene pathway involving the mineral zinc in mice that may someday point the way to using zinc-based supplements to directly help people with a rare disorder called short bowel syndrome (SBS). https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-10-mice-zinc-supplements-potential-short.html Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:17:05 EDT news649001822 People with higher intakes of calcium and zinc before pregnancy appear to have a significantly lower risk for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP), according to research presented during NUTRITION 2024, the annual meeting of the American Society for Nutrition, held from June 29 to July 2 in Chicago. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-07-calcium-zinc-intake-hypertensive-disorders.html Wed, 17 Jul 2024 11:30:01 EDT news640429867 It's understandable—you were having too much fun splashing around in the pool to even consider stopping the fun to get out and go about the incredibly un-fun task of reapplying sunscreen. Next thing you know, you're reaching for the aloe vera and frowning at the flaking skin peeling off your arms and shoulders. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-07-sunburn-cell-injury.html Wed, 10 Jul 2024 13:22:03 EDT news639836521 People with higher intakes of calcium and zinc in the three months before they conceived were significantly less likely to suffer hypertensive disorders during their pregnancy compared with those who had lower intakes of these essential minerals, according to new research. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-06-higher-calcium-zinc-intake-linked.html Sat, 29 Jun 2024 16:00:01 EDT news638778531 A new review has found that taking zinc may help to reduce the duration of common cold symptoms by about two days, but the evidence is not conclusive and potential benefits must be balanced against side effects. The article is published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-05-inconclusive-evidence-zinc-slightly-shorten.html Wed, 08 May 2024 19:10:01 EDT news634401481 Clear skies, warm days and free time set the stage for more people being active during the approaching summer months. A dermatologist at Baylor College of Medicine reminds outdoor enthusiasts about the importance of protecting your skin against the sun and offers tips for a few key outdoor activities. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-05-stay-sun-safe-summer.html Wed, 01 May 2024 15:38:24 EDT news633796702 A new national survey by the Orlando Health Cancer Institute finds nearly a third (32%) of Americans agree that a tan makes people look better and healthier, a dangerous beauty standard that experts say can lead to risky behavior when it comes to sun exposure. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-04-survey-young-adults-myths-sun.html Wed, 01 May 2024 00:00:01 EDT news633707030 Rosacea is a common skin condition that causes redness on a person's face. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-04-dermatologist-rosacea.html Fri, 12 Apr 2024 12:02:02 EDT news632142121 A new research paper titled "Associations of prenatal one-carbon metabolism nutrients and metals with epigenetic aging biomarkers at birth and in childhood in a US cohort" has been published in Aging. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-03-association-prenatal-vitamins-metals-epigenetic.html Tue, 12 Mar 2024 15:20:03 EDT news629475602 Using a novel research methodology, researchers in the U.S. and Tanzania have identified new recommendations for reducing nutrient deficiency in the East African country. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-02-exchange-critical-nutrition-tanzania.html Wed, 28 Feb 2024 16:47:49 EST news628361263 University of Queensland researchers have identified an opportunity to reduce infections in people living with cystic fibrosis (CF). Professor Matt Sweet, Dr. Kaustav Das Gupta and Dr. James Curson from UQ's Institute for Molecular Bioscience have discovered a fault in the bacteria-killing function of immune cells in people with CF and a potential way to get around it. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-02-zinc-discovery-people-cystic-fibrosis.html Fri, 23 Feb 2024 10:26:03 EST news627906361 Around a half-billion women experience a vaginal yeast infection (thrush) every year—with around 140 million women suffering from multiple infections throughout their lifetime. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-12-thrush-zinc-yeast-infectionsnew.html Wed, 13 Dec 2023 12:18:37 EST news621692307 New research could one day pave the way for the treatment of vaginal yeast infections, by shedding new light on how microbes in the body absorb zinc. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-12-zinc-emerging-treatment-vaginal-yeast.html Wed, 06 Dec 2023 14:00:01 EST news621080996 Sun exposure is the number one cause of skin cancer—including the most deadly form, melanoma. High levels of sun exposure cause an estimated 7,200 melanomas in Australia each year. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-10-sunscreen-skincare-routine.html Wed, 11 Oct 2023 11:36:03 EDT news616242961 I recently heard about a type of skin cancer called Merkel cell carcinoma. I'm not familiar with this condition. Can you explain what it is? Do I need to do anything different to protect myself? https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-qa-merkel-cell-carcinoma.html Wed, 27 Sep 2023 13:30:01 EDT news615038110 Researchers have identified a mechanistic link between zinc levels in humans and the risk of type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-scientists-reveal-mechanistic-link-zinc.html Tue, 26 Sep 2023 14:44:03 EDT news614958241 The crucial role of zinc depletion in the action of a key antimalarial drug against the deadliest malaria parasite has been uncovered by a team led by RIKEN researchers. This finding provides valuable insights for developing new drugs against the disease. Their work is published in the journal ACS Infectious Diseases. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-widely-antimalarial-drug-affects-zinc.html Thu, 07 Sep 2023 10:33:42 EDT news613301617