January 12, 2023

Folic Acid And Iodine Supplementation Speeds Up Conception Rate

Dietary supplementation of folic acid and iodine could boost fertility rate, say Singapore researchers.
January 12, 2023

Study Shows Vitamin D Deficiency Could Increase Older People’s Risk Of Losing Muscle Strength

Researchers have shown that vitamin D supplementation reduces the risk of age-associated loss of muscle strength.
January 12, 2023

Vegetable Intake Linked To Reduced Risk For Type 2 Diabetes

Vegetable intake is associated with a reduced risk for type 2 diabetes, according to a new study published online in the journal Diabetes Care.
December 14, 2022

The Huge Fight Behind Those Pop-Up Fundraising Banners On Wikipedia

You have likely encountered them before: the banner ads on English Wikipedia that encourage you to donate. Typically, they run for about a month at the end of the year. As one of the proposed December ads puts it, “If you donate just $2.75, or whatever you can this [whatever day of the week it is], Wikipedia could keep thriving for years.” [...]
December 14, 2022

Big Pharma May Have To Reveal Government Deals In World Health Organization’s Draft Pandemic Rules

Pharmaceutical companies could be made to disclose prices and deals agreed for any products they make to fight future global health emergencies, under new rules that would govern a World Health Organization-backed pandemic accord. [...]
December 14, 2022

New Report Reveals Pesticide Industry’s Disinformation And Science Denial Playbook

A new report, Merchants of Poison: How Monsanto Sold the World on a Toxic Pesticide, illuminates the disinformation, science denial, and manufactured doubt at the core of the pesticide industry’s public relations playbook. [...]
December 14, 2022

Researchers Find That Brains With More Vitamin D Function Better

Researchers at Tufts University have completed the first study examining levels of vitamin D in brain tissue, specifically in adults who suffered from varying rates of cognitive decline. They found that members of this group with higher levels of vitamin D in their brains had better cognitive function. [...]
December 14, 2022

Death Of Teenager Three Weeks After Covid Jab ‘A Significant Public Concern’, Inquest Told

A teenager who was given the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine died just three weeks later, an inquest has been told. The death of Joseph McGinty, 14, was a “significant public concern”, coroner Pat O’Connor admitted. [...]