Tick bites: Every year is a bad tick year
Jory Brinkerhoff, University of Richmond
It’s summer, a time to hike, garden, vacation – and to be on the lookout for ticks.
From Lyme disease to...
FDA Proposes Updated Definition of ‘Healthy’ Claim on Food Packages
Proposed definition of the word 'healthy' intended to Help Improve Diet, Reduce Chronic Disease
US Food & Drug Administration
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
Spike in overdose deaths linked to fentanyl
What is fentanyl and why is it behind the deadly surge in US drug overdoses? A medical toxicologist explains
Kavita Babu, UMass Chan Medical School
Buying...
How gene-edited white blood cells are helping fight cancer
Scientists are using gene editing to make better cancer treatments.Piyush K. Jain, University of Florida
For the first time in the United States, a gene...
Sitting and diabetes in older adults: Does timing matter?
John Bellettiere, University of California San Diego; Andrea LaCroix, University of California San Diego, and Matthew Mclaughlin, University of Newcastle
Adults are sitting more than...
Growing evidence links Vitamin E to vaping injuries
Cosby Stone, Vanderbilt University
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced a preliminary finding that implicates a vitamin E additive as the potential...
Kids shouldn’t eat added sugar before they turn 2
A nutritional epidemiologist explains why kids shouldn’t eat added sugar before they turn 2.
Lisa Bodnar, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences
I remember a decade ago...
How does a piece of bread cause a migraine?
Lauren Green, University of Southern California
Migraine is the third most prevalent illness in the world and causes suffering for tens of millions of people....
Permanent hair dye and straighteners may increase breast cancer risk
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health found that women who use permanent hair dye and chemical hair straighteners have a higher risk of...
Time to get the facts about skin cancer
Summer time is here, and that usually means more days spent outside, and with the longer summer days, more hours spent in the sun....
