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Death by junk food? Ultra-processed foods becoming the new ‘silent killer’
- Featured
- February 26, 2024
Study Finds: “Medical professionals are raising the alarm over a ‘silent killer’ that has infiltrated American society — ultra-processed foods. In a new study, physicians from Florida Atlantic University’s Schmidt College of Medicine are shining a light on the perils of these foods and the urgent need for a dietary shift.
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Study: US health costs related to chemicals in plastics reached $250 billion in 2018
- Featured, Health & Healing
- January 15, 2024
“Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in plastics pose a serious threat to public health and cost the U.S. an estimated $250 billion in increased health care costs in 2018, according to new research published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society. The paper is titled ‘Chemicals Used in Plastic Materials: An Estimate of the Attributable Disease Burden and Costs in the US.'”
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Scientists find about a quarter-million invisible nanoplastic particles in a liter of bottled water
- Featured, Health & Healing
- January 11, 2024
NBC News: “The average liter of bottled water has nearly a quarter million invisible pieces of ever so tiny nanoplastics, detected and categorized for the first time by a microscope using dual lasers.”
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A Mysterious Secret Santa Motivated Students to Raise Thousands of Dollars for Those in Need⁠
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- December 19, 2023
Whoever said money can’t buy happiness, obviously never gave it away. ⁠
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Inactivity and screen time among children linked to heart damage by young adulthood
- Home & Family
- September 5, 2023
Study Finds: “Allowing children to consistently watch TV for extended periods can lead to heart-related issues years later, a new study warns. Researchers discovered that being inactive from childhood through young adulthood displays a link to heart damage, independent of factors like weight and blood pressure.”
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Paper and bamboo straws contain PFAS chemicals more often than plastic straws do, study finds
- Health & Healing
- September 5, 2023
NBC News: Some paper and bamboo straws contain so-called “forever chemicals” that could make them a less-than-ideal alternative to plastic, researchers have found.
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Screen-time warning: Toddlers given tablets, phones to play with can suffer lasting brain damage
- Featured, Home & Family
- September 5, 2023
“Sitting toddlers down in front of a screen all day can do lasting damage to their brains, a new study warns. Scientists in Singapore add that the harm to screen-watching infants persists into late childhood, even beyond the age of eight.
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Zero-calorie sweetener linked to heart attack and stroke, study finds
- Health & Healing
- September 5, 2023
CNN: “A sugar replacement called erythritol – used to add bulk or sweeten stevia, monkfruit and keto reduced-sugar products – has been linked to blood clotting, stroke, heart attack and death, according to a new study.”
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New study warns of health risks from 5G microwave radiation
- Health & Healing
- September 5, 2023
“If 5G is not halted, we will probably see more people suffering from microwave syndrome, i.e. deprived sleep, headache, tinnitus, dizziness, fatigue, heart problems, as well as a range of chronic diseases among them, including more cancers and degenerative diseases.”
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Is the baby product recall process failing parents? Some experts say yes
- Home & Family
- September 5, 2023
“Every parent wants their baby to be safe, but once the market is flooded with an unsafe product, it’s hard to bring it back. They’re in thrift stores. They’re in daycares. They’re being handed down from sister to brother. They’re everywhere. The impetus should not be on brand-new parents. The impetus should be on the company to make sure that the product is safe in the first place.”
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Cannabis use in adolescent years may create reproductive complications in women, according to new study
- Health & Healing
- September 5, 2023
“In a new study, University of California, Irvine researchers found that exposure to the compound tetrahydrocannabinol (THC, a component of cannabis) at a young age could lead to depleted ovarian follicles and matured eggs in adulthood by nearly 50 percent.”
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U.S. food additives banned in Europe: Expert says what Americans eat is “almost certainly” making them sick
- Featured, Health & Healing
- September 5, 2023
CBS News: “Europe is famous for its bread. But there’s one ingredient conspicuously missing: Potassium bromate. It’s a suspected carcinogen that’s banned for human consumption in Europe, China and India, but not in the United States…It’s not just potassium bromate. A range of other chemicals and substances banned in Europe over health concerns are also permitted in the U.S., including Titanium dioxide (also known as E171); Brominated vegetable oil (BVO) (E443); Potassium bromate (E924); Azodicarbonamide (E927a) and Propylparaben (E217).”
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Why we must teach listening in schools
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- April 18, 2023
John Mac Ghlionn writes in The New York Post: “How about talking to each other? Not talking over each other or past each other, but actually engaging in meaningful dialogue – actually understanding each other. In other words, listening to each other.”
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New Pfizer data kills the case for universal child Covid vaccines
- Health & Healing
- March 16, 2022
For the younger kids, it dropped from 65% in the first two weeks to negative efficacy: -41% a month later. In other words, the vaccinated young kids were actually more likely to be infected than unvaccinated kids a month and a half after vaccination.
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Today’s elderly at greater risk of dementia, delirium from being prescribed too many unnecessary drugs
- Featured, Health & Healing
- March 16, 2022
“Taking six medications or more contributes to challenges with adherence, since more complicated medication regimens require more time and attention, and increase the potential for making mistakes and inadvertent misuse.”
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