Health
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The Poison in the Applesauce: How Lead-Tainted Baby Food Exposed Deadly Flaws in America’s Food Safety System
They seemed like any other snack pouches: cinnamon-flavored applesauce with cute cartoons, sold at grocery and dollar stores across America. But these innocent-looking pouches poisoned hundreds of children with toxic heavy metals, revealing gaping holes in the nation’s food safety net.
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Milk vs Dark Chocolate: A Case for the Sweet Simplicity of Milk
The great candy debate rages on, but there’s one truth we can’t deny: Milk chocolate reigns supreme. The case against dark chocolate is clear. It’s bitter, chalky, pretentious – a sour, joyless charade trying to pass as an indulgent treat. Milk chocolate, on the other…
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Why you can’t sleep: Overthinking before bed spikes cortisol and blood pressure, making it hard to relax
In a recent article, sleep researcher Rebecca Robbins, PhD, shares strategies to quiet the mind and promote sleep when overthinking at bedtime. She explains that ruminating on negative experiences can spike cortisol and blood pressure, making it difficult to relax. To address this, she suggests…
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The Caffeine Controversy: A Deep Dive into Panera’s Charged Lemonade Lawsuits
Panera’s Charged Lemonade: This hyper-caffeinated drink has been implicated in two wrongful-death lawsuits since its introduction in 2022. The company has since added warnings, reduced its caffeine content, and removed the self-serve option.
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Hospitals use AI to help doctors and patients
Why it matters: AI has the potential to transform health care and make it more efficient, personalized, and accessible. However, AI also poses some challenges and risks, such as ethical, legal, and privacy issues, as well as the need for human oversight and validation. The big…