Grocery retailers aren’t sharing nutrition facts online: study
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Grocery retailers aren’t sharing nutrition facts online: study

Stew on this — a new analysis of 10 grocery websites found that retailers provided nutrition facts and other pertinent information online only 35% of the time. “The government has clearly intended that you should be able to know certain things about your food,” said senior study author and Tufts University…

Where is Cameroon’s Paul Biya — and why is his health a banned topic? | Politics News

Where is Cameroon’s Paul Biya — and why is his health a banned topic? | Politics News

Cameroon’s President Paul Biya’s month-long absence from the public eye is causing intense speculation about his health and raising fears of a post-Biya power struggle among political factions in the central African country. Biya, who has long faced health suspicions, often disappears for weeks on end, only to resurface again….

Apple Watch Vitals app predicts colds, flu, COVID days before they hit, users claim
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Apple Watch Vitals app predicts colds, flu, COVID days before they hit, users claim

An Apple Watch a day keeps the doctor away. Some users are astounded by their device’s ability to flag early signs of sickness before an ailment like COVID or a cold arises after the iOS 11 software update rolled out last month. The startlingly accurate health assessment from the Apple…

Acne creams may contain high levels of carcinogen: study
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Acne creams may contain high levels of carcinogen: study

Another blemish on their record? A new analysis has once again found that dozens of popular acne creams and cleansers contain “unacceptably high levels” of a cancer-causing chemical. Professors from Yale and Long Island universities and a team from Valisure, a Connecticut-based laboratory, tested 111 benzoyl peroxide (BPO) acne products,…

Children and teens who have contracted COVID are more prone to diabetes: study
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Children and teens who have contracted COVID are more prone to diabetes: study

Children and teenagers who have been infected with strands of the coronavirus are more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes than those afflicted by other respiratory illnesses, according to a new research study published on Monday. Children were 50% more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes around six months after…

1 in 4 US adults suspect they have undiagnosed ADHD: new study
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1 in 4 US adults suspect they have undiagnosed ADHD: new study

One in four US adults suspect they have undiagnosed ADHD, a new study finds, but only 13% have shared their concerns with a doctor. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is a developmental disorder characterized by inattentiveness, hyperactivity and impulsive behavior. An estimated 4.4% of adults 18 to 44 have ADHD, according to The…

26-year-old with two vaginas reveals 99% of men don’t even notice her condition
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26-year-old with two vaginas reveals 99% of men don’t even notice her condition

Annie Charlotte has two vaginas, but it doesn’t impact her sex life much because “99 percent of men don’t realize”. The 26-year-old discovered she had two vaginas when she was sixteen; she was getting a form of birth control inserted inside her when her doctor diagnosed her with a rare…

Choosing to be child-free in an ‘apocalyptic’ South Asia | Demographics

Choosing to be child-free in an ‘apocalyptic’ South Asia | Demographics

Zuha Siddiqui is currently designing her new house in Karachi, creating a blueprint for her future life in Pakistan’s largest metropolis. Her parents will live in the downstairs portion of this house, “because they’re growing old, and they don’t want to climb stairs”, she says. She will live in a…

Kamala Harris releases medical report, drawing contrast with Donald Trump | US Election 2024 News

Kamala Harris releases medical report, drawing contrast with Donald Trump | US Election 2024 News

Democratic presidential candidate in ‘excellent health’ before November’s US election, doctor says. United States Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, released a letter from her doctor that pronounced her in “excellent health” and fit for high office, in an effort to draw a contrast with her counterpart, Donald…

Doctor avoids vaping, pulling all-nighters, inactivity, junk food
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Doctor avoids vaping, pulling all-nighters, inactivity, junk food

She’s giving her TikTok followers the 4-1-1 on four bad habits to avoid. Dr. Jess Andrade, a sports medicine specialist and pediatrics doctor in Massachusetts, is sharing the four activities she won’t do — vape, pull an all-nighter, exercise for less than 150 minutes a week and consume too many artificial ingredients…