Though I grew up in Roxbury, "the heart of Black culture in Boston," I now live in Los Angeles, where I typically shop for groceries at Whole Foods Market or Trader Joe's. Their produce is fresh, green, abundant. Organic ...
Feb 21, 2022
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Limited availability of affordable and healthy foods can contribute to poor health outcomes, especially for residents of rural and low-income regions.
Feb 16, 2022
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Thanks to their visual simplicity, bar graphs are popular tools for representing data. But do we really understand how to read them? New research from Wellesley College published in the Journal of Vision has found that bar ...
Feb 3, 2022
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Over the past year, you may have seen something called delta-8 THC or "delta 8" appear in convenience stores and pharmacies alongside CBD gummies, oils and lotions.
Feb 1, 2022
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How many times can I reuse my N95 mask?
Jan 28, 2022
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An estimated 19 million people in the U.S. live in so-called food deserts, which have lower access to healthy and nutritious food. More than 32 million people live below the poverty line—limiting their options to the cheapest ...
Jan 18, 2022
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Feeling a little unsure about what's safe to do during the omicron surge? If you're like many people, you may feel just as uncertain as you did at the start of the pandemic.
Jan 13, 2022
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A Penn State researcher testing a new way to assess tobacco use with a neighborhood mapping platform and in-person interviews has found that community engagement is key to addressing risky health behaviors.
Jan 3, 2022
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As we ring in the new year and people announce their resolutions and goals for 2022, many opt for getting healthy, cutting out drinking or starting a new hobby. Vegan magazines and organizations are pushing plant-based diets—calling ...
Jan 3, 2022
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The Chinese city of Xi'an, where 13 million residents are currently confined to their homes, announced tightened restrictions on Sunday as the country recorded its biggest COVID-19 infection numbers in 21 months.
Dec 26, 2021
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