The largest U.S. and U.K. news sites are continuing to stigmatize people's weight with the images they use, suggests a new peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of Health Communication.
Dec 14, 2023
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Blue light from LED lamps and consumer electronics can mess with your sleep because it disrupts production of the natural sleep hormone melatonin. Tinted glasses or displays in night mode can mask, but don't remove, a portion ...
Dec 14, 2023
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The use of food-date labels such as "use-by" and "best if used by" causes consumer confusion that results in many Americans discarding food that is safe to eat or donate, according to the November 2023 Consumer Food Insights ...
Dec 13, 2023
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ChatGPT provided no response or incomplete or wrong answers to nearly three-quarters of drug-related questions reviewed by pharmacists, according to a study presented at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear ...
Dec 12, 2023
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Since it was first produced at the start of the 20th century, synthetic plastic—and especially plastic packaging—has been an ever-present fixture in everyday life. Yet all the convenience plastic has given us comes at ...
Nov 30, 2023
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Air pollution from using fossil fuels in industry, power generation, and transportation accounts for 5.1 million extra deaths a year worldwide, finds a new modeling study published by The BMJ.
Nov 29, 2023
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Researchers from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) recently decoded how human antibodies protect us from the malaria parasite, which kills more than 600,000 people worldwide annually. The CMCF facility at the Canadian ...
Nov 27, 2023
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Older adults are willing to up the fiber in their diet, but need help, a new study has shown.
Nov 21, 2023
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New research from Yale University has unveiled the complex cellular communication system that allows immune cells to mount responses to infection and cancer. The study, published in Nature Methods, reveals how different cells ...
Nov 8, 2023
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October may be best known for seasonal treats such as pumpkin spice lattes and Halloween candy, but with national months celebrating pizza, pasta and pretzels laying claim to the season, the month can be a carb lover's dream.
Oct 24, 2023
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