Using food as information to improve health and well-being
Viewing food as a system of biological signals helps explain why diets affect people differently and how nutrition can better support metabolism, mental health, and long-term well-being.
With pandemic a ‘tipping point,’ UN warns 1 billion more people headed for extreme...
Unless strong and meaningful action is taken now, including major social investments and a Green New Deal-style program, the Covid-19 crisis will make an already dire economic situation much worse.
Oregon just decriminalized all drugs – here’s why voters passed this groundbreaking reform
These policies show that problem drug use is a public health challenge to be managed, not a war that can be won.
Critical antibiotics still used on US farm animals despite superbug crisis
The FDA is planning to release data on pharmaceutical sales for animal antibiotics for 2017 this December, which will give more indication as to how well the new regulations are working.
Protect care workers — you’ll need us someday
All we’re asking is for the same rights and protections other workers enjoy.
Video: Everybody Has the Right to Healthcare
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz talks about presidential contenders, and whether or not everyone has a basic right to healthcare.
PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ exposure linked to increased risk of ovarian and other cancers
“These chemicals can increase the risk of various different health outcomes and they can alter your biological pathways… That is important to know so that we can better prevent exposures and mitigate risks.”
As big pharma stock soars, third FDA adviser resigns over approval of alzheimer’s drug
The doctor and panel member wrote that it "was probably the worst drug approval decision in recent U.S. history."
Research finds high levels of lead in children’s fast fashion
A landmark study revealed that every single children’s shirt tested from major fast-fashion and discount retailers exceeded the U.S. federal lead limit of 100 parts per million (ppm).
New study confirms ‘no safe level’ of air pollution protects against cardiac arrest
"Our study supports recent evidence that there is no safe level of air pollution—finding an increased risk of cardiac arrest despite air quality generally meeting the standards."