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25 Jun
Nearly 20% of Packaged Foods Sold in the U.S. Contain Synthetic Dyes
A review of the ingredients in 39,000+ packaged foods and drinks sold in the U.S. reveals many contain synthetic dyes, especially products marketed to kids.
24 Jun
Menstrual Cycle Linked to Increased Alcohol Cravings and Drinking
A new study suggests ovarian hormone fluctuations may contribute to alcohol craving and drinking.
23 Jun
GLP-1 Therapy Helps Cut Migraine Frequency, Study Finds
In a new observational study, patients with migraine given a daily dose of liraglutide, a popular GLP-1 receptor agonist, reported significantly fewer headache days and an improved quality of life.
Online Videos For Kids Rife With Junk Food Messaging
Kids watching YouTube videos are being hammered with messages promoting junk food like candy, sugary drinks, fast food and sweet or salty snacks, a new study says.
About 75% of 6- to 8-year-olds and 36% of 3- to 5-year-olds were fed promotions for junk food while watching YouTube or YouTube Kids videos they chose on their own mobile device...
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Typos, Slang Trip Up AI Medical Assessments
Common human typing errors can trip up artificial intelligence (AI) programs designed to aid health care workers by reviewing health records, a new MIT study says.
Typos and extra white spaces can interfere with AI’s ability to properly analyze patient records, researchers reported this week at an Association for Computing Machinery ...
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- June 26, 2025
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Wastewater Can Accurately Predict COVID-19 Surges
Keeping tabs on COVID-19 outbreaks is as easy as tracking a city’s wastewater, a new study says.
Levels of the COVID virus, SARS-CoV-2, found in wastewater samples accurately predicted by a week the rise and fall of case counts in a community, researchers reported June 23 in the The Journal of Infectious Diseases.
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Updated COVID Vaccines Effective Against New Strains
Updated COVID-19 vaccines are keeping up with new coronavirus strains and remain effective for keeping people out of the hospital, a new study says.
The study, which examined the effectiveness of the 2023-2024 COVID vaccines against the XBB and JN.1 Omicron variant waves, found that the updated shots caused:
A 24% lower risk ...
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Education Suffers After Even A Single Brush With Childhood Trauma
Violence, addiction and abuse can keep children a step behind other kids when it comes to their education, a new study says.
Children who’ve experienced only a single traumatic event are more than twice as likely to be chronically absent from school due to health problems, researchers reported in the journal Academic Pediatrics
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School Vaccination Requirements Widely Supported By Americans, Poll Says
There’s widespread support among Americans for requiring that kids be vaccinated before they can go to school, a new Harvard survey has found.
About 4 in 5 U.S. adults (79%) say parents should be required to have their kids vaccinated against preventable diseases like measles, mumps and rubella to attend school, according to poll res...
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