Category: 6. Health

Sweeteners such as aspartame, found in Equal packets, sucralose (Splenda), or sugar alcohols are often seen as healthier alternatives to food with refined sugar (glucose).

But that assumption is being challenged with new scientific…

A painkiller alternative to opioids could be tricking doctors into misdiagnosing heart failure, a new study warns.

Drugs like gabapentin and pregabalin are frequently prescribed to treat nerve pain, researchers said.

But a side effect of these…

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) have announced a new collaborative initiative, the Healthcare Infection Prevention Advisory…

Mammal embryos show differences between individual cells from the very first division — a finding that could transform stem cell therapy, Northeastern University researchers have discovered. 

Individual cells are distinct from one…

For decades, health-related statements by major professional health associations such as the American Medical Association (AMA) agreed with those of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) because both relied on the…

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Ultra-processed foods aren’t just making us sick.

They’re also driving health inequalities, displacing traditional diets and littering the planet with plastic…

In a study reported as a research letter in JAMA, Bandi et al compared estimated deaths prevented and life-years gained with current…