FDA issues risk warning due to undeclared peanuts in some cracker sandwiches

Ritz peanut butter cracker sandwiches are being recalled due to the possible presence of undeclared peanuts, a major allergen. The affected products contain individually wrapped packs that may have been…

Intense Grief Can Raise Your Risk of Death by Nearly 90%

Summary: While grief is a natural part of loss, some people experience persistently high levels that can have long-term health consequences. A decade-long study in Denmark found that individuals with…

Fears that falling birth rates in US could lead to population collapse are based on faulty assumptions

Pronatalism – the belief that low birth rates are a problem that must be reversed – is having a moment in the U.S. As birth rates decline in the U.S.…

The 3 worst things you can say after a pet dies, and what to say instead

I saw it firsthand after my cat Murphy died earlier this year. She’d been diagnosed with cancer just weeks before. She was a small gray tabby with delicate paws who,…

Cellular therapy developed for cancer now being tested in autoimmune disease

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, has joined with 40 other centers in the U.S. and Europe as…

Long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution linked to increased risk of dementia

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain An analysis of studies incorporating data from almost 30 million people has highlighted the role that air pollution—including that coming from car exhaust emissions—plays in increased…

Last stronghold of the Maya rediscovered in Mexican jungle

A multi-national team of archaeologists have rediscovered the lost city of Sak-Bahlán, the last known stronghold of the Lakandon Chʼol Maya rebels in the present-day Mexican state of Chiapas. The…

Titanium dioxide nanoparticles found in milk and infant formula despite food ban

Graphical abstract Credit: Science of The Total Environment (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180040 Titanium dioxide (TiO2) has been classified as a possible human carcinogen through inhalation since 2006. This nanomaterial was used…

MyMenoplan.org empowers women to take charge of menopause

Credit: RDNE Stock project from Pexels Menopause remains one of the most under-discussed stages of life, even though more than 1 million women in the United States experience this natural…

Study finds stopping HRT leads to a period of higher risk of bone fracture for most women

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study has found that the bone fracture protection women get from menopausal hormone therapy (MHT, also known as HRT) disappears within a year of…