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I'm Jeremy Kenton. Researchers at the University College of London have found a link between gum disease and high blood pressure
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Now, the normal blood pressure range is measured with what's known as systolic and the diastolic
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Normally, around 120 over 80, so that's measured in millimeters of mercury
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And they found that 14% of people with peridontitis had a medically high blood pressure
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in other words, over 140 on this estolic. The figure is slashed in half for people with good oral health
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but the study showed that the gum disease gave a higher risk factor of high blood pressure
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And one has to remember that periodontitis is an infection that often leads to bleeding and can result in bone loss in the jaw and also tooth loss
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And the habits of contact lens wearers were ysing. by researchers from the UK
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And they found that the risk of infection with the frequency of showering increased
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This can often lead to microbial keratitis, which is an infection of the eye
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causing a painful redness. And if left untreated, it can cause damage to the surface of the cornea
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causing blurred vision and corneal scarring. And they found that those who showered with..
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contact lenses in were more likely to have it and also the fan that wearing contact lenses while sleeping increase that risk of the infection And it estimated that over 4 million people in the UK alone wear contact
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lenses and that associated eye infections are common. And a new study indicates that using
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air hand dryers to dry your hands may actually spread germs more than paper towels
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previous studies have also found that the hand dryers can blow bacteria from the bathroom air back onto your hands
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and experts say that proper hand washing is still the most important action we can take to prevent transmitting COVID-19
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because the soap has an effect on the outer layer of the COVID-19 virus
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Now, what the researchers did was that they treated hands either bare-handed people or wearing protective gloves
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where the harmless virus then asked the participants to dry their hands
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either using paper towels or the air dryers. They then detected the amount of virus that was transferred to various surfaces around the hospital
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And when the researchers compared the two drying methods, they found that people who dried their hands using the air dryer
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had spread more of the virus than those who use disposable paper hand towels
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So the advice is paper hand towels. The
