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8 common food additives linked to high blood pressure and heart disease

Common food preservatives found across the processed food supply may be associated with a greater risk of high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease, according to research published in the...

To Blend or Not to Blend? Four Vegetables Worth Eating Whole

Health News | Nutrition, food preparation and what really happens inside your blender The blender debate: Are we missing...

This popular fermented food may help flush nanoplastics from the body

The World Institute of Kimchi (President: Hae Choon Chang), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science...

Fascinating Smells: Incense Making in Colonial America

By the time colonial Americans were lighting candles, visiting apothecaries and buying imported perfumes, the desire to make...

Too much light at night may quietly reshape your heart

A study involving more than 11,000 people has found that exposure to light at night is associated with...

This new sugar tastes like the real thing without the usual downsides

For more than a century, scientists and food companies have been looking for ways to replicate the taste of sugar without its health drawbacks....

Sleeping less than 7 hours could cut years off your life

Getting a full night of sleep may play a larger role in longevity than many people realize. New research from Oregon Health & Science...

Type 2 diabetes physically changes the human heart, study finds

Researchers at the University of Sydney have uncovered new evidence showing that type 2 diabetes directly changes the heart's structure and how it produces...

MIT study shows high-fat diets give liver cancer a dangerous head start

A diet high in fat is one of the strongest contributors to liver cancer risk. New research from MIT sheds light on why this...

A surprising brain cleanup reduced epileptic seizures and restored memory

Temporal lobe epilepsy causes repeated seizures and often interferes with memory and thinking. New research now suggests that this condition is also tied to...

This cancer-fighting molecule took 50 years to build

MIT chemists have produced verticillin A in the lab for the first time. This fungal molecule was identified more than 50 years ago and...