Food, Fitness & Wellness

Diets are only slightly healthier than they were 30 years, according to a global study. Researchers from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University investigated the eating habits of adults and children in 185 countries over three decades. They used the Alternative Healthy Eating Index, which ranks different diets on a scale

“I just can’t do what I used to anymore.” As pulmonologists and critical care doctors treating patients with lung disease, we have heard many of our patients recovering from COVID-19 tell us this even months after their initial diagnosis. Though they may have survived the most life-threatening phase of their illness, they have yet to

CNN  —  The US Preventive Services Task Force says for the first time that adults under the age of 65 should be screened for anxiety, according to a draft recommendation posted on Tuesday. The USPSTF is a group of independent disease prevention and medical experts whose recommendations help guide doctors’ decisions. The draft recommendation is

US President Joe Biden speaks about the DISCLOSE Act at the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC on September 20, 2022. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images The Biden administration announced Friday it is awarding $1.5 billion in grants to help states, territories and tribal lands combat the opioid crisis. The

SPECIAL REPORT: Bioengineered food labeling: ‘They kind of shot in the middle and missed every constituency’ The National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard​​ (NBFDS) – which narrowly defines bioengineered foods as those that “contain detectable genetic material that has been modified through certain lab techniques and cannot be created through conventional breeding or found in nature” – ​“​kind of shot

Since the global monkeypox outbreak started to spread this past spring, more people are seeing the term “men who have sex with men,” or MSM, in the news and public health messages. You may have also heard this term in places like HIV prevention campaigns or at the doctor’s office. I am a behavioral scientist

In the past three years, the number of cancer survivors in the US — defined as living people who have had a cancer diagnosis — increased by more than a million. There are 18 million survivors in the US as of January, with that number expected to increase to 26 million by 2040, the association

Following CDC approval for vaccination of children aged 6 months to 5 years, 4 year-old Eleanor Kahn sits with her father Alex, as nurse Jillian Mercer administers the Moderna vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego, California, U.S., June 21, 2022. Mike Blake | Reuters Moderna has asked the

Dewey’s started as a small, regional bakery in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in 1930, which is still operational today.  “I like to talk about us as being a 90-year-old startup,”​ Dewey’s chief marketing officer, Ellen Howse, told FoodNavigator-USA. The company started to expand beyond its regional, small-town fame when Chris Livengood, former president and CEO of

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Simple computer exercises using positive words and images designed to boost self-worth can prolong the antidepressant effects of ketamine in people with depression. That’s what my research team and I found in our new study. Over two decades ago, researchers serendipitously

During that July ultrasound, Winchester noticed that there was no amniotic fluid around the baby. More tests that day and the next morning indicated that the baby was in kidney failure and had multiple heart defects. Medical records spell it out in cold scientific terms: The baby had “lethal fetal anomalies.” That harsh reality sent

RT: Maria Van Kerkhove, Head a.i. Emerging Diseases and Zoonosis at the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during a news conference on the situation of the coronavirus at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, January 29, 2020. Denis Balibouse | Reuters The World Health Organization on Thursday warned that it is struggling to identify and

Third-wave coffee, characterized by ‘craft’ brewing techniques and a hyper-focus on quality, has dominated the coffee scene since it first became popular in the late 2000s/early 2010s following the rise of coffeeshop chains such as Starbucks that introduced US consumers to lattes, cappuccinos, and other specialty coffees drinks, said Mintel. “Third-wave coffee’s focus on quality

At this point in the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly everyone has experienced the panic and uncertainty that come with having mild COVID-like symptoms – such as a cough and sore throat – only to test negative day after day. With cold and flu season just around the corner, that state of frustrating uncertainty is likely to

CNN  —  President Joe Biden lit a firestorm of controversy this week when he said in an interview that “the pandemic is over”: Is it really over? How do we know? Who gets to decide? Pandemics don’t have hard edges. Knowing where they start or stop is a judgment call, and there isn’t a clear

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Wednesday’s key moments. We’re letting our stocks run on Fed day Companies with pricing power are winners here Quick mentions: CSCO, NVDA, QCOM, MRVL, CRM 1. We’re letting our stocks run on Fed

In the company’s first quarter of 2023 ending Aug. 28, the CPG saw organic net sales climb 10% to $4.7b and adjusted operating profit increase 8% as it pushed forward with its three-prong Accelerate strategy, which includes continuing to compete effectively, investing for the future and reshape its portfolio. Under the first prong, General Mills

Given recent headlines, you may be wondering why polio is even an issue in 2022. For more than 60 years, vaccines against the poliovirus have protected virtually everyone in the United States from the disease. Due to an enormously successful polio vaccination campaign beginning in the 1950s when the first polio vaccines became available, by

CNN  —  Even as the US prepares for a potential winter surge of Covid-19, President Biden roamed the cavernous halls of the Detroit Auto Show for an interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes” and, gesturing to the mostly maskless attendees, told the nation, “the pandemic is over.” “We still have a problem with Covid. We’re still

We’re buying 25 shares of Danaher (DHR) at roughly $272.79 each. Following Tuesday’s trade, Jim’s Charitable Trust will own 510 shares of Danaher, increasing its weighting in the portfolio to 4.96% from 4.73%. We’re also buying 100 shares of TJX Companies (TJX) at roughly $63.04 each. Following Tuesday’s trade, the Trust will down 950 shares

According to the trade group’s recently published annually survey, The Food Retailing Industry Speaks​,​ investments in technology could hold the key to overcoming these challenges – but at what cost? ‘Rapid adoption of technology was and is a key component’​ to overcome challenges​ Leslie Sarasin, president and CEO of FMI, noted that retailers and suppliers

CC BY-ND Medicaid, the government-funded U.S. health insurer for people with low incomes, grew by about 25% between February 2020 and May 2022 as policies adopted at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic expanded the program’s reach. All told, the number of people enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, which