Candida albicans is one of many microscopic organisms that live inside mammals, including humans. Some infections, such as thrush in infants and vaginitis in women, can be mild. Occasionally, these outbreaks can breach the GI tract and infiltrate the bloodstream and solid organs, causing the latter to shut down because of tissue damage and the sheer quantity of fungus present. More Effectively Than Sprays, Study Finds Researchers from Ohio State University have found that bees can deliver a biological fungicide to strawberry blooms more effectively than can mechanical sprayers. The bee-delivered natural fungicide was also as effective at preventing gray mold as a commercially available chemical fungicide that was sprayed on plants.
Sprays cover both leaves and flowers, though the target is only the flowers.
That's the implication of a study at Ohio State University that provides the first-ever link between stress and back pain. The findings should be significant to businesses that depend on physical labor from their workers. The study, which appears in the journal Spine, found that people with certain personality types may increase their risk of back injury if they experience workplace stress. Ohio State co-authors William Marras, professor of industrial, welding, and systems engineering , and Catherine Heaney, professor of public health, and their colleagues tested how 25 college students reacted to critical and unsupportive supervision while lifting boxes. Students who were distressed by the criticism used their muscles in ways that might lead to injury over time, the researchers said.