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Healthy Food Decisions Can Start at the Grocery Checkout

WEBTuesday, September 7, 2021 - 15:15. Katharine Gammon, Contributor. (Inside Science) -- It doesn't take much to nudge people into making healthier choices at the grocery store -- …

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Seventy Years Later, Atomic Bombs Still Influence Health …

WEBNagasaki, Japan on September 24, 1945, 6 weeks after the city was destroyed by the world's second atomic bomb attack. (Inside Science) -- On August 6, …

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Inside Science Looks Back at 2021 Inside Science

WEBWednesday, December 22, 2021 - 17:50. Chris Gorski, Editor. (Inside Science) -- It's been a tough year. Again. And now, with the omicron variant quickly spreading through the …

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Smartphones That Can Track Your Health Inside Science

WEBThe new app, called Move Sense, uses a smartphone's accelerometer motion sensors to measure a person's gait, or walking pattern, which can tell doctors …

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Medical Students Push to Add Climate Change to the Curriculum

WEB(Inside Science) -- In 2005, Hurricane Katrina swamped the city of New Orleans and health care providers had to evacuate patients from the city's Memorial …

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The Health Benefits Of Plain Popcorn Inside Science

WEBNow, chemist Joe Vinson and his team at the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania are looking at the unsung health benefits of plain, unadorned popcorn. “Microwave popcorn …

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Why mice are the best candidates for research Inside Science

WEBHuman. Monday, October 30, 2017. Karin Heineman, Executive Producer. (Inside Science) -- The mouse this tiny creature has had a huge impact on science research. Mice …

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Complicated Twists In Fight To Eradicate Polio Inside Science

WEBFriday, June 19, 2015. Joel Shurkin, Contributor. (Inside Science) -- On October 26, 1977, a Somali cook, Ali Maow Maalin, was reported with the last human case of naturally …

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Beers And Bone Health Inside Science

WEBTucker suspects that the silicon in the beer is the connection to bone health. But other factors could also be playing a part. Beer is known to slightly increase levels of …

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The American Gut Project Inside Science

WEBThe American Gut Project. Watch on. 0:00 / 2:25. Human. Friday, November 30, 2018. Nala Rogers, Staff Writer. (Inside Science) -- Imagine if you had an extra organ with 10 times …

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Medical Historians Still Struggle to Identify Origin of Disease That

WEBThe painting "An Allegory of the Tudor Succession: The Family of Henry VIII" from about 1590 shows Mary I (1516–1558), Elizabeth I (1533-1603), Edward VI …

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Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injuries in Football: What We …

WEBA concussion is the most common type of traumatic brain injury and results from forceful trauma like a football tackle, a car crash, a bad fall, or a bomb blast. A …

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The Science of Doomscrolling Inside Science

WEBBenjamin Plackett is a science journalist based in Australia. (Inside Science) -- Doomscrolling, a word that describes the act of obsessively reading bad news despite …

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From the Toilet to the Frog: How Nutrients in Human Waste Feed …

WEBThe researchers inferred that nutrients from septic tanks had seeped into ponds, been taken up by plants and algae, and then been eaten by animals like frogs, …

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The Many Factors Behind Getting Food to People After a Disaster

WEBMeats, grains, and vegetables. With the normal food supply disrupted, starvation and malnutrition can become serious threats, especially to children and …

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The Hot and Cold of Growing Old Inside Science

WEB0:00 / 4:52. Human. Thursday, January 12, 2017. Catherine Meyers, Staff Writer. (Inside Science) -- In 2003, the hottest summer in more than 400 years hit …

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Sports Drinks For The Non-Sporty Cause Weight Gain

WEB(Inside Science) -- Elite athletes down sports drink to help them reach new heights of performance. But for the average young person, these "health drinks" may …

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For Firefighting Crews, Size Matters Inside Science

WEBThe experiments, conducted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, showed that, for crews facing a single-family home on fire, size matters. …

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