Arsenic-based pesticides have been used in agricultural practices for many years, and, accordingly, soils and groundwater in the US are contaminated with varying levels of…
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Graduate student creates mental health app for FGCU students; aim is launch this fall
Jack Hellmer could not have imagined three years ago as he headed into his sophomore year at Florida Gulf Coast University what he would be…
Continue Reading....WHO says the world is consuming way too much salt
Too much salt is killing us — and we need to stop looking away from the problem, according to a new report from the World…
Continue Reading....‘Exercise, avoid bangs and invent fairy tales’: Henry Marsh’s guide to keeping brains healthy | Dementia
Asa neurosurgeon, Henry Marsh has spent several decades making people’s brains better (and occasionally, as his memoirs document with breathtaking honesty, making them worse). But…
Continue Reading....Exercise should be the first option to treat depression: study
Suggesting someone struggling with depression or anxiety should start exercising more usually comes across as patronizing — but a new study into the powerful impact…
Continue Reading....What is a borg? The drinking trend of experts warn is ‘dangerous’
At a time when the topics of sophisticated AI chatbots and biohacking are finding their way into everyday conversations, the word “borg” could easily refer…
Continue Reading....Public health units across Ontario call on the province for more ‘sufficient’ funding
Ontario’s public health units are calling on the government to stop using one-time funding to bridge a gap it created four years ago, and to…
Continue Reading....Adjusting to later school start times is good for overall adolescent health: Opinion
As a pediatrician and a child and adolescent psychologist, we are seeing, like so many of our colleagues, teenagers suffering from the impact of not…
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