Category: 4. Health

• Most ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) are characterized by poor nutritional quality, contributing to excessive calories, and are typically high in saturated fats, added sugars and sodium (salt), the combination of which is often abbreviated as HFSS, which contribute to adverse cardiometabolic health outcomes, including heart attack, stroke, obesity, inflammation, Type 2 diabetes and vascular complications.
• Observational studies have found links between eating higher amounts of UPFs and an…

New research in mice suggests that muscle mass changes less than expected, but muscles may still get weaker, pointing out an urgent need for clinical studies to pin down the full effects of the popular…

• Lipoedema is thought to be a common, but little-known disease that mainly affects women.
• The disease is painful. Lipoedema is characterized by disproportionate and excess fatty tissue on the thighs and calves, and sometimes on the arms, while the hands and feet are unaffected.
• A new doctoral thesis at NTNU investigated the relationship between two different diets and the effect on pain, quality of life, body weight and body composition, appetite and inflammation.

It all started when…

Childhood vaccination rates dropped even further for the 2024-2025 school year down to the lower 92% range with a record number of exemptions from vaccinations among kindergarteners, according to new data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Meanwhile, this year the U.S. has already…

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In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at the U.K.’s first space launch license, growing mini-organs instead of transplanting them, nuclear reactors on the Moon and more. You can sign up to get The Prototype in your inbox here.

Glasgow, Scotland-based company Skyrora, which is developing rockets with 3D-printed engines, became the first U.K.-based company to be licensed to launch in the country this week. It’s a big…

Several Big Pharma companies have started selling their drugs directly to consumers (DTC). This shift — driven in part by President Trump’s push for lower drug prices and fewer middlemen — has garnered relatively little media coverage. But the implications for American patients, employers, and the healthcare…

The countdown to kickoff for the 2025 NFL season is on, but this year, the NFL has plans beyond game day statistics. For the first time in league history, there will be three consecutive…