When it comes to sustainability, we all love a good glass half-full of self-righteousness. But now, your orange juice-sipping habits are a battlefield for eco-consciousness, with glass bottles glowing in their saintly aura. Meanwhile, plastic sits in the corner like a misunderstood villain. But here’s the juicy bit — our wallets seem to have more influence than our planet-saving intentions.
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United Healthcare's schemes unfold, Peripheral diseases for profit sold.
Sociologic studies are hard to define, Qualitative truths are a different kind.
"The Bear" reveals high cuisine's toll, While Google stands as monopoly's role.
Texas, oh Texas, is green energy's pride, surpassing California by projects wide.
Kamala and Vivek from caste to elite in one generation's span.
Mount Everest's video shows climbers reaching the sky.
With thirty years of grilling fame, George Foreman's Grill is a household name.
Ozempic, the blockbuster weight-loss drug, has ignited a ferocious debate over the ethics and efficacy of treating obesity with medication. Oddly, this intense ideological battle has glossed over perhaps the most important question we should answer: How does the drug impact individual patients? Dr. Chuck Dinerstein, ACSH's Director of Medicine, is working to correct that oversight by documenting his own experience with Ozempic.
Why is it that brilliant ideas proven in research seem to lose their spark faster than a cheap battery in the real world? Welcome to the Voltage Effect. In today’s episode, aspirin triumphs in the lab, but in the wild? Well, let's just say doctors are sticking to their old scripts.
As the August sun sets on another summer, it's time to dive into conversations and debates across various spectrums. From the contentious discussions surrounding the banning of cell phones in schools to the emotional undercurrents fueling riots in the UK, the mounting criticism of ultra-processed foods, likened by some to the early battles against tobacco, and a visit to the timeless insights of Tom Wolfe, whose sharp observations continue to resonate. Here's a look at what I'm reading this August 22nd.
Chatbots’ ease of use and ability to rapidly create human-like text, including everything from reports, essays, and recipes to computer code, ensure that the AI revolution will be a powerful tool for students at every level to improve their capabilities and expertise. The list of apps and services is growing longer every day. But, like most powerful technologies, the use of chatbots offers challenges as well as opportunities. We need strategies to minimize the former and accentuate the latter.
Food ads for kids, and on-screen exposure to tobacco for adults, are still a thing. Two studies suggest that the little ones are bombarded with junk food commercials, and adults are stumbling over tobacco promotions in the dark corners of streaming platforms. Maybe it's time to ask: Are we really this helpless, or just looking for something new to regulate?
We live in a country where becoming ill might as well come with a foreclosure notice. Despite insurance, many of us are saddled with medical debt, and "land of the free" doesn’t quite describe a bill that’ll outlive you.
Fluorine is the most reactive element of all. Most chemists will never use, or even see it. But, there are a few people with more than a few screws loose that will demonstrate how reactive it really is. You won't believe it.
Keto this. Keto that. Does anyone really know what it means? This may – or may not – help.
Lilly, the pharmaceutical giant, would love for you to believe that tirzepatide is the silver bullet we've all been waiting for — slashing your diabetes risk by 94% while you shed pounds. But dig a little deeper, and nearly two-thirds of those taking the placebo managed to normalize their blood sugar levels, too, just by eating better and moving more. Tirzepatide does the job. But is it the miracle cure, or another way to avoid those pesky lifestyle changes?
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C. diff is a horrible disease that can cause significant morbidity. It can and often does recur and kills around 30,000 Americans every year. We have made progress in prevention and treatment, but clearly there's more to do.
Despite the staggering amounts Americans spend annually, the latest study involving nearly 400,000 participants suggests those colorful multivitamins might be more of a wallet-drainer than a life-saver.
Holden Thorp, editor of the once-prestigious academic journal 'Science,' has made many strange claims in recent years, including the assertion that anybody involved in or adjacent to science (a journalist, policy wonk and perhaps even an activist) is actually a scientist. ACSH's Dr. Henry Miller calls shenanigans.
The "War on Drugs" has never been a carefully planned public health protection initiative. Government officials did not enact current drug prohibition laws and enforcement policies because of any dispassionate, comprehensive review of drug hazards. Rather, hysterical fear-mongering has always been the real basis for the "War on Drugs."
Whenever I have visited a physician over the last decade, the following scenario has been replayed: We discuss my cholesterol levels (total, LDL and HDL). We review dietary guidelines and other medical recommendations. Then I say, "Don't forget to remind me to drink a glass or two of wine daily." Invariably, the doctor demurs: "That hasn't been proven to protect you against atherosclerosis."
Scientists from the American Council on Science and Health today, in an open letter to Mayor Giuliani, questioned the decision of the city to produce, at taxpayer expense, a pamphlet entitled Safeguard Your Home From Harmful Products, which suggests that numerous common household products - such as kitchen cleansers, insecticides, and mothballs - pose a serious health risk and should be discarded in favor of "all-natural" products. The booklet was apparently distributed to all city residents and signed by Giuliani and Health Commissioner Dr.
Scientists from the American Council on Science and Health called on both the Clinton White House and Republican candidate Bob Dole to back up their recent statements about their commitment to keeping America's children tobacco-free.
A leading public-health scientist today advised state attorneys general against signing a pending deal with the tobacco industry a deal that would give the industry immunity from individual or class-action lawsuits. Dr. Elizabeth Whelan, president of the American Council on Science and Health, stated in a letter to the attorneys general, "Such a settlement would be contrary to the interests of public health and will mean that you will forever be known as having sold out to the tobacco industry."
(From Priorities Vol. 8, No. 2, 1996)
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Popular magazines Reader s Digest, Good Housekeeping, McCall sand the like used to be America s number-one source of nutrition information. Today, magazines take a back seat to TV; but according to the American Dietetics Association, a solid 39 percent of the American public still gets most of its nutrition news from magazines. Those readers need to know that the information they get from their favorite magazines is both accurate and reliable.
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