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Sunshine in a Tomato Jul. 20, 2022
Remember the Flavr Savr tomato in the 1980s, the first commercially grown, genetically engineered fo... Read More
It's a Violent Life (and Death) Jul. 13, 2022
We wax poetic for pre-pandemic times. Then, numbers are tabulated. In 2019, approximately 67,000 peo... Read More
Stiff Arteries Jul. 06, 2022
High blood pressure is a well-known risk factor for developing Type 2 diabetes, an affliction that a... Read More
Wildfires and Cancer Jun. 29, 2022
Researchers tracked more than 2 million Canadians over a period of 20 years to determine how proximi... Read More
Head to Head Jun. 22, 2022
Body of Knowledge The Guinness World Record for most toilet seats broken by someone's head in one mi... Read More
Aspirin and Heart Disease Jun. 15, 2022
Many adults take a low-dose aspirin daily, believing that it can help prevent a heart attack or stro... Read More
Hypertension During Pregnancy Jun. 08, 2022
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, during pregnancy is a growing problem, one that affects twice ... Read More
What Is Killing Our Children? Jun. 01, 2022
Historically, motor vehicle accidents have been the leading cause of death and injury among children... Read More
I Heart Water May. 25, 2022
Too much salt intake is bad for the heart, resulting in enlargement and thickening of the organ and ... Read More
Gulp: Alcohol May Not Be Good for Your Heart May. 18, 2022
The so-called French paradox suggests that light consumption of alcohol (typically in the form of wi... Read More
Down in Smoke May. 11, 2022
Overall tobacco use among U.S. adults is in decline, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Pre... Read More
Keeping Abreast of Heart Disease Risk May. 04, 2022
Routine mammograms often reveal calcifications in the breast — bright white lines snaking thro... Read More
Trained Fat Apr. 27, 2022
Fat, or adipose, tissue isn't just inert blubber threatening our health and self-esteem; it's a func... Read More
At the Heart of the Problem: Money Apr. 20, 2022
Among older people who have been hospitalized for a heart attack, severe financial strain — ha... Read More
The Season Flu By Apr. 13, 2022
We're wrapping up a second full flu season in the middle of a pandemic, and like 2020-2021, the late... Read More
COVID's Longer-lasting Consequences Apr. 06, 2022
There's "long COVID," defined as cases in which people experience new, returning or ongoing health p... Read More
Wanted: Disease Detectives Mar. 30, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic isn't necessarily the cause, but it has revealed a current shortage in epidemi... Read More
Changing in Mid-bloodstream Mar. 23, 2022
Differences in blood types can mean the difference in whether a person qualifies for an organ transp... Read More
Speed of Thought Mar. 16, 2022
Our minds inevitably slow with age, but there's new evidence that it doesn't necessarily happen as e... Read More
Sex Education Equals Declining Teen Pregnancy Mar. 09, 2022
Comprehensive sex education that does not rely solely on abstinence works, at least in terms of redu... Read More
