A new study says squatting in the tight jeans for a long time may lead to nerve and muscle fibre damage in legs and feet. Published in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, the study points to the case of a 35-year-old woman who was treated at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in Australia for severe weakness in both ankles. “On the day prior to presentation, she had been helping a family member move house. This involved many hours of squatting while emptying cupboards. She had been wearing ‘skinny jeans,’ and recalled that her jeans had felt increasingly tight and…

Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center have found that as many as 6 percent of adult New Yorkers who get “inked” — in other words, those who get a tattoo — have experienced some form of tattoo-related rash, severe itching or swelling that lasted longer than four months and, in some cases, for many years. “We were rather alarmed at the high rate of reported chronic complications tied to getting a tattoo,” says senior study investigator and NYU Langone dermatologist Marie Leger, MD, PhD, whose team’s latest findings appear in the journal Contact Dermatitis online May 27. “Given the growing…

Keep those hands clean Hands are a hub for germs, especially in winter when more people around you are likely to be suffering from flus and colds. Wash your hands frequently with warm water and soap and keep your fingers away from your nose and mouth wherever possible so that they don’t attract germs. And if you need to sneeze, try to do so in the crook of your arm so that the germs on your hands don’t come into contact with your nose. Boost your immune system A healthy body fights off illness much quicker, so exercise to build…