NEWSWEEK – Half of all the beef consumed in the United States is eaten by just 12 percent of the population, a new study has found. This impacts not only the health…
Month: August 2023
Kellogg’s is going to war over Mexico’s nutrition label rules. A similar fight is coming to the U.S.
STAT NEWS, MEXICO CITY — Kellogg’s is waging a war here over Tigre Toño and Sam el Tucán. A 2019 policy requires companies that make unhealthy foods to include warning labels on…
Poor Leadership Led To CDC Covid Test Failures
KFF HEALTH NEWS – In early February 2020, Kirsten St. George and her team at New York state’s public health lab received a test developed by the Centers for Disease Control and…
North Carolina Hooters sued for racial discrimination against employees
CNN – The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued a North Carolina Hooters restaurant for allegedly discriminating against Black or darker-skinned “Hooters Girls,” the federal agency announced Thursday. In March 2020,…
Largest study of brains of athletes younger than 30 finds early signs of CTE even in amateur players
CTV NEWS – A new study from Boston University’s CTE Center has discovered more than 60 cases of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, known as CTE, in athletes who were under the age of…
New dementia risk score helps identify people at risk
Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK – A new dementia risk score, which draws on 11 mostly modifiable risk factors, identifies people at risk – from mid-life onwards – of developing…
White noise to help you sleep? A neurologist explains why people are turning to “sound masking”
CBS NEWS – Can noise help you sleep? It may seem contradictory, but white noise for rest and relaxation is rising in popularity — and experts say there’s a good reason. In…
Ulcer Diet: What to Eat and What to Avoid
U.S. News & World Report – Certain foods and drinks can upset your stomach or increase stomach acid production, though there’s not much evidence they can cause or worsen ulcers specifically, says…
Times Square back to the bad old days: ‘It’s a sh-thole’
THE NEW YORK POST – You’re not in Disney anymore. Times Square is looking a lot like its bad old self, with vagrants, boozy migrants, junkies, and scofflaws making the Crossroads of…
Naming Suicide in Obits Was Once Taboo. Changing That Can Help Loved Ones Grieve.
KFF Health News – When Deborah and Warren Blum’s 16-year-old died by suicide in November 2021, they went into shock. For two days, the grief-stricken Los Angeles couple didn’t sleep. But when…