Health

Eating THESE fruits and vegetables can DRASTICALLY cut GI cancer risk  Times of India Risk of colon cancer slashed by eating specific types of vegetables, study finds  Fox News Broccoli can have a protective effect against colon cancer, study reveals  Medical Xpress Lower your colorectal cancer risk by 20% by eating more of this food  nypost.com The 70p food linked to 20% lower risk …

Modern Dentistry Is a Microplastic Minefield  AOL.com Source link

The Alabama Department of Public Health on Monday reported the first case of measles in the state since 2002, a child younger than 5 in north Alabama. According to the ADPH, the child was not vaccinated and contacted the measles while traveling outside the United States. The child did not attend daycare or school, and entities involved in the management …

Many of us associate air pollution with traffic, industry, or outdoor smog. Yet daily personal care routines can expose people to invisible risks within their own homes. Hair sprays, serums, and heat styling tools release particles so tiny they can slip deep into the lungs. New research reveals just how significant these exposures may be. Billions of tiny particles …

Earlier this month, the Trump administration said it was terminating $500 million in mRNA vaccine research and shifting its focus to other approaches, including a previously announced “whole-virus” vaccine platform dubbed “Generation Gold Standard.” “Generation Gold Standard is a paradigm shift,” Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the director of the National Institutes of Health, said in a news release in May touting …

When it comes to Florida, fruits like oranges and pineapples may be the first things that come to mind. But that may not be the case forever. According to the UF/IFAS, researchers are looking into the possibility of bringing acerola to the Sunshine State as its next big crop. Acerola — also known as a “Barbados cherry” — is a …

Eating Mediterranean-style could help guard against dementia, even for those most at genetic risk. Credit: Shutterstock A large-scale study found that following a Mediterranean-style diet significantly reduces the risk of dementia, particularly in people genetically predisposed to Alzheimer’s. Mediterranean Diet Linked to Dementia Risk Reduction A new study led by investigators from Mass General Brigham, Harvard T.H. Chan School of …

New research reveals a strong link between a common liver disease affecting nearly 90 million Americans and heart failure, with nearly half of patients showing early signs of heart damage. Researchers from Duke University examined the health data of 570 patients at the university’s hospital system who had metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), formerly known as non-alcoholic fatty liver …

Sunday feature: Noah Schmitz is an aspiring chef with an eating disorder  Sumner NewsCow Source link

A daily cup of coffee could be blunting the effects of certain antibiotic treatments, according to a new study analyzing the reaction of Escherichia coli bacteria to caffeine. The international team of researchers behind the study looked at 94 different chemical substances and how they changed E. coli: specifically, how they altered the systems that control what gets into and …