Applying toothpaste on pimples can irritate your skin: experts
A post has been shared hundreds of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter which claim that applying toothpaste on acne spots can help reduce its size
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Brushing your teeth could be good for your heart
People who brush their teeth three times a day are less likely to develop atrial fibrillation or heart failure than those with less consistent oral hygiene habits
Kids are using too much toothpaste, and it’s problematic: survey
Children under age 3 should use a smear of toothpaste the size of a rice grain, and children ages 3 to 6 should use a pea-sized amount, researchers say.
Toothpaste ingredient could fight malaria, research shows
LONDON: Research carried out in part by an artificially-intelligent (AI)‘robot scientist’ has found that a common ingredient of toothpaste could be developed to fight drug-resistant strains of malaria.
In a study in the journal Scientific Reports, scientists from Britain’s Cambridge University who used the AI robot to conduct high-throughput screening said the ingredient, triclosan, showed the potential to interrupt malaria infections at two critical stages - in the liver and the blood.
Malaria kills around half a…