When a Scraped Knee May Once Again Kill
In a keynote address last year, the Director-General of the World Health Organization warned that...
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How Big Is the Cancer Risk from Processed Meat?
In a keynote address last year, the Director-General of the World Health Organization warned that we may be facing a future in which many of our miracle drugs no longer work. “A post-antibiotic era means, in effect, an end to...
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Does Cranberry Juice Work Against Bladder Infections?
How could any bacteria cause a bladder infection without just getting flushed away—literally? Bladder infections...
How Probiotics Affect Mental Health
Before Thorazine was invented in 1950, mental illness was often treated surgically. In fact, in...
Why Is Selling Salmonella-Tainted Chicken Legal?
When researchers last year at the Emerging Pathogens Institute ranked foodborne pathogens to figure out...
Should We Avoid Titanium Dioxide?
Two potential risk factors that may increase the risk of inflammatory bowel diseases (such as ulcerative...
Boosting Gut Flora Without Probiotics
Obesity is so rare among those eating plant-based diets, nutrition researchers have been desperate to...
How Does Meat Cause Inflammation?
The anti-inflammatory effect of plant-based diets is about more than just the power of plants....
Adding FDA-Approved Viruses to Meat
Bacteria-eating viruses (bacteriophages) have been approved as meat additives to reduce the food safety risks...
Cantaloupe and Listeria: An Estimated 85% of Cases Are from Deli Meats, Not Melons
More than a dozen deaths have been reported in the national outbreak of listeriosis linked...
