by I. Edwards Federal health officials want to take Orange B—an artificial food dye that hasn’t been used in more than four decades—off the books. The U.S. Food and Drug…
Category: Health & Medicine
Millisecond windows of time may be key to how we hear, study finds
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain What happens when you listen to speech at a different speed? Neuroscientists thought that your brain may turn up its processing speed as well. But it…
How to tackle the ‘profound and lasting impact’ of COVID-19 on cardiovascular health
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Millions of people around the world are suffering from the serious cardiovascular effects of COVID infection and long COVID. A lack of clear guidance on how…
Scientists find cell surface sugar that slows pancreatic cancer in mice—and it’s detectable in patient blood samples
Antithrombin (red) in human pancreatic cells. Credit: Salk Institute Pancreatic cancer has the highest mortality rate of all major cancers, and its incidence is climbing. Because it is typically asymptomatic…
New personalized risk score could improve ovarian cancer detection
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have developed and validated a new tool that could help GPs detect ovarian cancer earlier and improve patient outcomes…
Bout of cystitis may signal presence of urogenital cancers in middle-aged adults
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A bout of the common bladder infection, cystitis, may signal the presence of urogenital cancers—which affect parts of the body involved in reproduction and excretion—in middle-aged…
Sustainable, plant-based diet benefits both human and planetary health, study finds
This graphic was prepared by EAT and is included in an adapted summary of the Commission Food in The Anthropocene: the EAT-Lancet Commission on Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems.…
Bariatric surgery for weight loss shows greater long-term benefits than GLP-1 medicines
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A large Cleveland Clinic study has found that people with obesity and type 2 diabetes who undergo weight-loss surgery live longer and face fewer serious health…
Study finds laser correction for short-sightedness is safe and effective for older teenagers
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A major study of laser correction for short-sightedness shows that the procedure is as safe and effective in older teenagers as it is in adults, according…
Bariatric Fusion vitamins pulled for missing child-safe caps
by I. Edwards About 4,700 bottles of Bariatric Fusion iron-containing multivitamins have been recalled because packaging does not meet federal safety standards, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission…
