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Health Aug 30

Protein is everywhere amid a new cultural obsession. How much do we really need?

By Ali Rogin, Claire Mufson, Laine Immell

Health Oct 15

Influence
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How ‘thinly veiled’ social media ads are influencing what we eat and drink

News about food safety can be hard to keep straight. That’s been complicated by a little-known tactic used by the food and beverage industry to influence what we eat and drink through social media, the subject of a joint investigation…

By John Yang, Andrew Corkery, Harry Zahn

Science Feb 20

Can too much salt lead to bad skin?

A new German study suggests eczema, one of the most common skin diseases, may be so prevalent because of too much table salt in our diets.

By Nsikan Akpan

Health Jan 01

Forget the crash diet. These 6 New Year’s resolutions are better for your health

These ideas can improve both your physical and emotional wellbeing in 2019.

By Julia Griffin

Science Nov 21

Front view of Alaska Peninsula brown bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) with freshly caught sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA. Photo by Grant Ordelheide / Aurora Photos / via Getty Images
Why the fattest bear is the picture of health

Scientists say bears are the “metabolic magicians of the mammalian world.” And someday, the secrets of these bears' cycles may help inform human health, too.

By Vicky Stein

Feb 25

To lose weight, focus on what you eat, not how much: study

By Lesley McClurg, KQED Science

Counting calories obsessively is not the key to trimming your waistline, according to a new study.

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Jan 30

Analysis: Should your pet eat raw meat?

By Jacqueline Boyd, The Conversation

A recent study has raised concerns about the health risks of these raw meat based diet products as possible sources of some bacterial and parasitic diseases.

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Nov 22

Sugar industry withheld possible evidence of cancer link 50 years ago, researchers say

By Teresa Carey

Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco have uncovered documents demonstrating that members of the sugar industry called off a study in the 1960s because it linked sucrose -- a common sugar -- to heart disease and bladder cancer…

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May 08

Can’t resist candy? You may have this mutation

By Nsikan Akpan

If you’re a candy lover or denier, you may want to blame one of your liver hormones, according to a new study.

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Apr 06

If you had to eat a human, which body part should you pick first?

By Nsikan Akpan

To better understand the historical motivations of cannibalism, a new study looks into the nutritional value of human body parts.

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