Health
USDA gets tough on salmonella in breaded chicken products
The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to toughen regulations on certain raw chicken products.
Aug 1, 2022
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Plant-based meat 'healthier and more sustainable than animal products,' according to new study
Plant-based dietary alternatives to animal products are better for the environment and for human health when compared with the animal products they are designed to replace, say the authors of a new study.
Jul 29, 2022
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Fresh or frozen, wild or cultivated? What to know about blueberries and health
Let's not beat around the bush: Blueberries are good for you.
Jul 28, 2022
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Indonesia foot and mouth outbreak prompts NZ, Australia restrictions
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern warned an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Indonesia could cost thousands of New Zealand jobs, as her nation and neighbouring Australia stepped up border biosecurity restrictions.
Jul 25, 2022
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Living near fumigant-using farms could increase cancer risk
Around the world, farmers each year coat their fields in hundreds of millions of pounds of herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, and fumigants. These chemical treatments effectively take care of crop-damaging pests, but many ...
Jul 19, 2022
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Post-pandemic diet shifts could avert millions of deaths
Encouraging people to eat more fruit and vegetables post-pandemic could avert up to 26 million deaths every year by 2060, a study has found.
Jul 7, 2022
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Tests find salmonella in third of store-bought ground chicken
Nearly one-third of ground chicken may contain dangerous salmonella, a new Consumer Reports investigation shows.
Jul 1, 2022
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Refugees at higher risk for persistent infections
The destruction caused by war is evident both in its toll to human life and its impact on infrastructure. Those who are lucky enough to escape violence face many challenges, from finding a safe place to live to securing employment, ...
Jun 30, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A public health intervention to reduce barriers to anemia treatment for women in India
"You are what you eat," as the old saying goes, is not always so simple. Depending on the food you have on hand, your access to nutrition information, and regional customs and traditions, sometimes you are what you don't ...
Jun 2, 2022
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Medications
Researchers upcycle pineapple leaves into low-cost fat trappers
Imagine swallowing a capsule or munching a cracker made from pineapple leaf fibers to lose weight at a fraction of the cost of fat burners currently available in the market. A multidisciplinary team of researchers from the ...
May 17, 2022
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