Thanksgiving is a time for family, friends and feasting. However, amid the joy of gathering and indulging in delicious food, it is essential to keep food safety in mind. Foodborne illnesses can quickly put a damper on your celebrations.
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Category: 5. Health
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New H3N2 Subclade K Influenza Raises Concerns About Bad Flu Season
Flu cases in the U.K. are already triple what they were at this time last year. Here Andreas Philippi (l), Lower Saxony’s Minister for Social Affairs, Labor, Health and Equality, gives the flu vaccine to Fabian Feil, President of the State Health…
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SNAP benefits have been cut and disrupted – causing more kids to go without enough healthy food and harming child development
About 4 in 10 of the more than 42 million Americans who get Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are children under 18. This food aid helps their families buy groceries and boosts their health in many ways – both during…
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Recent studies prove the ancient practice of nasal irrigation is effective at fighting the common cold
It starts with a slight scratchiness at the back of your throat.
Then, a sneeze.
Then coughing, sniffling and full-on congestion, with or without fever, for a few insufferable days.
Viral upper respiratory tract infections – also known…
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New prediction breakthrough delivers results shockingly close to reality
An international group of mathematicians led by Lehigh University statistician Taeho Kim has developed a new way to generate predictions that line up more closely with real-world results. Their method is aimed at improving forecasting across many…
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Scientists find a molecule that mimics exercise and slows aging
A new study in the journal Cell from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University explains how exercise helps the body stay youthful. The researchers also highlight betaine — a metabolite produced in the kidney…
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Scientists uncover a hidden limit inside human endurance
When ultra-runners prepare for races that span hundreds of miles and last for days, they are not only challenging their determination and physical power. They are also exploring how far human physiology can be pushed. In a study published October…
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Top Chef’s Gail Simmons Talks About Her Brother’s Schizophrenia
Gail Simmons, cookbook author and longtime judge on Bravo’s Top Chef TV series, is opening up about her brother’s battle with schizophrenia. (Photo: Bristol Myers Squibb)
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There’s a big difference between tabling a…
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Cognito And WVU Imagine A Future Beyond Alzheimer’s
Cognito Therapeutics and West Virginia University’s Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) have announced a strategic partnership that lays the groundwork for a new, neurotech-enabled learning healthcare system, initially focused on treating…
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