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Kombucha Side Effects. What are the side effects of kombucha tea? Is it true that drinking the famous tea can lead to liver damage? Is Jake Gyllenhaal, seen below with a kombucha tea drink, endangering his liver when he drinks the stuff which is often advertised as a health drink?

Truth be told, there does not appear to be any definitive study on kombucha side effects in general and its effects on the liver or the kidney in particular.

For instance, a 2012 study suggests that kombucha may have “curative effects” on liver and kidney functions. Here’s the conclusion from the study by Aloulou A et. al.: Continue reading Kombucha Side Effects: Liver Damage and Kidney Failure? →

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PlayStation Side Effects: Palmar Hidradenitis

April 26, 2017 Hill Fox

PlayStation Side Effects. Do you have PlayStation palmar hidradenitis? If you spend a lot of your time in front of your PlayStation, then you just might have this PlayStation palmar hidradenitis thingie.

But what is it? Well, it is a new skin disorder caused by your constant use of games consoles. Check out this BBC report on a swiss girl who was diagnosed with this new disease.

Doctors who examined her at the Geneva University Hospital concluded she had a condition known as ‘idiopathic eccrine hidradenitis’, a skin disorder that generally causes red, sore lumps on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet.
The patient had not participated in any sport or physical exercise recently, and could not recall any recent trauma involving her hands.
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