CNN – Drinking two liters or more per week of artificially sweetened beverages — the equivalent of a medium-sized fast-food diet soda a day — raised the risk of an irregular heartbeat…
Month: March 2024
Man, 70, who has eaten a record 34,000 McDonald’s Big Macs, says, ‘People thought I’d be dead by now’
BUSINESS INSIDER – A US man has extended his record for most McDonald’s Big Macs eaten in a lifetime to more than 34,000. Don Gorske, 70, first gained the Guinness World Records…
The Supreme Court Confronts a Public Health Challenge: Homeless Encampments
KFF HEALTH NEWS – Homelessness is a soaring public health crisis, with a record 653,000 unhoused people in the United States, according to federal estimates. Tent and recreational vehicle encampments have exploded…
Grow A Pair: Scientists create testicles in a lab in new hope for male infertility
Euronews.com – Scientists managed to create organoid testicles – aka lab-grown testicles – a major scientific achievement which paves the way for further research to help with male infertility. The testicles, or…
‘It feels like we’ve been lobotomised’: the possible sexual consequences of SSRIs
THE GUARDIAN – Long-term sexual dysfunction is a recognised side-effect for some patients who take these widely prescribed antidepressants, and can leave sufferers devastated. So why is there so little help available?…
New review unpacks what we know about junk food and 32 health issues
ABC NEWS (AUS) – We have long been told that junk food is bad for us. But a new review by experts at leading international institutions sheds light on just how damaging…
Yogurts can now make limited claim that they lower type 2 diabetes risk, FDA says
CNN – In a decision nearly five years in the making, the US Food and Drug Administration has decided that yogurts can now make a limited claim that the food may reduce…
Roni Stoneman, Country Music’s ‘First Lady of the Banjo,’ Dies at 85
The New York Times – Roni Stoneman, a virtuoso banjo player, mainstay of the country music television variety hour “Hee Haw” and one of the last surviving members of the Stoneman Family,…
Mayo Clinic: The link between HPV and throat cancer
Mayo Clinic News Network – There are more than 100 strains of HPV. Some types of the virus can cause cancer. HPV 16 has been linked to the rising cases of oropharyngeal…
Brian Mulroney, Prime Minister Who Led Canada Into NAFTA, Dies at 84
THE NEW YORK TIMES – Brian Mulroney, Canada’s 18th prime minister, whose statesmanship on what he called “great causes,” from free trade and acid rain in North America to the overthrow of…