Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has stirred debate by calling the familiar five-a-day message “a lie”. Speaking to the Times, he argued that the real health benefits…
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Radioactive metal at an Indonesia industrial site may be linked to shrimp recall
This combination of photos provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, shows labels for Kroger Mercado Cooked Medium Peeled Tail-Off Shrimp recalled by AquaStar…
Brain Structure Differences in Children with ADHD Discovered
Summary: Researchers tested a new MRI correction method, called the traveling-subject (TS) approach, to resolve inconsistencies in ADHD brain imaging results. By scanning the same healthy subjects across multiple MRI…
For some, a COVID-19 vaccine means jumping through hoops or hitting the road
Co-owner Marc Ost at Eric’s Rx Shoppe holds a box of COVID-19 vaccines as he unpacks a shipment in Horsham, Pa., Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. Credit: AP Photo/Matt Rourke Michelle…
WHO backs weight-loss drugs, urges cheap generics
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The World Health Organization recommended a range of blockbuster weight-loss drugs to treat diabetes and obesity globally for the first time on Friday, calling for cheap…
Ritual tomb discovered in Northern Peru reveals evidence of human sacrifice
Excavations near the Temple of Puémape, an archaeological complex in the San Pedro Lloc district in Peru, have unearthed traces of human sacrifice following the discovery of a ritual tomb.…
Key human proteins that power coronavirus replication point to new treatment strategies
Microscope image of human epithelium cells (blue) infected with SARS-CoV-2 (red), showing the virus spreading from one cell to another. Credit: Laura Martin-Sancho Despite vaccines and treatments, SARS-CoV-2—the virus that…
Infant mortality rises in states with restrictive abortion laws – new research
Infant mortality has risen in states that enacted tighter abortion restrictions in the wake of the June 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health decision. This occurs for newborns – those…
Colorado has one of the nation’s highest suicide rates − an ER doctor explains how to bring it down
Colorado has one of the highest suicide rates in the nation, at 20.9 per 100,000 in 2023. Of the state’s 940 gun deaths that year, nearly 72% were by suicide.…
Archaeologists explore wreck site of revolutionary war gunboat
Archaeologists from the Centre for Maritime Archaeology and Conservation (CMAC) at Texas A&M University have carried out a study of the wreck site of the Philadelphia, a Revolutionary War gunboat.…
