Rare brain-eating amoebas killed woman who rinsed her sinuses with tap water

Re:Rare brain-eating amoebas killed woman who rinsed her sin... by copperx on Saturday December 15, 2018 @12:52AM (#18687268)

Spending a large part of the day under direct sunlight (e.g., working in a farm), is known to paradoxically reduce the risk of skin cancer; whereas occasional exposure (e.g., working at a desk job and then sunbathing in Cancun) greatly increases the risk.

Perhaps we're not overthinking it. Maybe there are complex processes that we don't yet understand.

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Re:Rare brain-eating amoebas killed woman who rinsed her sin... by User23 on Saturday December 15, 2018 @04:51AM (#18687799)

This phenomenon has been well known for almost all of history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithridatism https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK349158/

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Re:Rare brain-eating amoebas killed woman who rinsed her sin... by ejstronge on Saturday December 15, 2018 @12:26PM (#18689271)

This is interesting - do you have a source for this?

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