New Means of Heart Disease Prevention On the Horizon
While statin drugs, that lower cholesterol production by the liver, have helped many avoid atherosclerosis not everyone can take them. A new means of dealing with artery-blocking cholesterol plaques...
View ArticleTo Further Complicate Food Labels, Add Exercise?
A British researcher has floated the idea of adding exercise equivalents (e.g., how far to run to burn off the calories in a product) to packaged foods. Supposedly giving a value for average aged and...
View ArticleNew Beta Cells for Diabetics on the Horizon
Having type 1 diabetes means a person's insulin-producing beta cells don't work normally. New research brings us closer to the day that new, functional beta cells can be produced in the lab and given...
View ArticlePeanut Allergy Defeated
Giving peanut protein to infants at high risk of developing allergy to peanuts has been shown to limit the development of that allergy at 5 years of age. Now, a new study demonstrates that this allergy...
View ArticleCDC Report on Youth Tobacco Use is Misleading
The Centers for Disease Control found that recent use of cigarettes by teens decreased, while use of e-cigarettes increased. So that's a good thing, right? Well, not according to the agency, which now...
View Article3-D Printed Milk Now Taking Shape
Would you feed your baby milk produced by yeast? Or milk produced by a 3-D printer? Both are on the horizon, but you should have plenty of time to make that decision since they're still in the...
View ArticleOrganic Fertilizer Is Great at Killing Bees
Proponents of organic agriculture have succeeded in scaring many consumers about the supposed dangers of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. But few have thought to examine the effects of those...
View ArticleWebMD is Ailing, By Aligning With NRDC on Organic Foods
The health website WebMD supposedly gives us scientifically sound advice. So why is it following in the footsteps of the Natural Resources Defense Council with respect to pesticide scares? As a result...
View ArticleDanish ‘Fat Tax’ Theoretically Improves Health; We Doubt It
Denmark imposed a tax on saturated fats and foods containing them for a little over one year. And now a study claims that Danes' health was improved. Not so fast, we say — the data aren't really there....
View ArticleBeverage Choice Can Affect the Odds of a Pit Stop
What drink (or drinks) will promote proper hydration without leading to too many pit stops? A recent study suggests that milk and oral hydration beverage are probably not the best choices. Which were...
View ArticleItalian Homeless Want Meat
Homeless people who are fed at soup kitchens typically don't get to choose their menus. But in Bologna, Italy some protested when a celebrity chef offered them vegan cuisine. Some said they'd rather...
View ArticleEarly Retirees Might Want to Think Again
To retire or not to retire — an important issue for older folks. Some research suggests working folks live longer, but other studies suggest that people make beneficial lifestyle changes when they...
View ArticleMaintaining ‘Biggest Loser’ Success is Harder than Attaining It
Participants in the "Biggest Loser" reality TV contest are able to shed massive amounts of weigh — frequently, 100 pounds or more. But followup studies indicate that maintaining that sizeable loss...
View ArticleThe One Essential Food Is …
For those of us interested in nutrition, the topic keeps coming up: What food or foods are essential for human health? For example, do we really need to drink milk? The answers to these and other...
View ArticleVaccinate Pregnant Moms to Protect Babies from the Flu
Young babies can't get flu shots, since their immune systems aren't mature yet. But pregnant mothers can get protected, and then pass their immunity to their babies. A new report shows that infants...
View ArticleDesigning Silk Coats for Fruit, to Help Them Stay Fresh
Maintaining freshness of fragile fruits, such as berries, is a daunting issue since they rapidly lose water and quickly become unappealing. But some new technology using the silk protein fibroin may...
View ArticleMoms Can Put Even Normal Weight Babies at Risk of Later Obesity
It's not just the overly large infants of diabetic or obese moms who will have a propensity to be obese. A new study suggests that even babies born at normal weights could be at risk of being...
View ArticleNo Glyphosate in Human Milk — So What?
Glyphosate, the active ingredient in the herbicide Roundup, has been widely attacked as a human carcinogen — although there are few data supporting that charge. A recent study was unable to demonstrate...
View ArticleWhy the “War on Cancer” is Oversimplified
Cancer isn't an "it" but a "them," and the semantics of a "war on cancer" mislead us into considering cancer just one disease. But in reality, just one type — breast cancer — is composed of 10...
View ArticleAvoiding Fast Food to Lower Calories Can Backfire
Can where you eat determine your calorie consumption? Would a fast-food restaurant lead to over-consumption compared to a fast-casual site? New research suggests the opposite. Continue reading →
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