Lawmakers in Washington, D.C., are weighing spending cuts to addiction healthcare and research programs responding to the nation's deadly overdose crisis. Activists and health workers submitted a letter to Congress on Monday protesting the proposed budget reductions. OLIVER CONTRERAS/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption ...
Ultraprocessed foods dominate grocery store shelves today in the form of frozen dinners, packaged snacks, and fast-food items. While they offer convenience, they are engineered to hijack your appetite and flood your system with harmful compounds. These products, stripped of real nutrition and loaded with additives, trans fats, and artificial ingredients, are slowly clogging your arteries and setting you up for a heart attack or stroke. ...
As part of the Cisco Infrastructure Operations team, we provide the interactive labs that users run on Cisco U. and use in instructor-led courses through Cisco and Cisco Learning Partners. We currently run two data centers that contain the delivery systems for all those labs, and we deliver thousands of labs daily. ...
Some chefs have switched from plastic cutting boards to wooden alternatives. One study of plastic cutting boards found that they shed as many as dozens of grams of microplastics per person per year. MyImages_Micha/Getty Images/iStockphoto hide caption ...
Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent, intense, and costly. In 2024 alone, global natural disasters resulted in an estimated $368 billion in economic losses, with 60% of these losses uninsured, highlighting a substantial protection gap (Insurance Business). Looking ahead, a 2024 World Economic Forum report predicts that by 2050, climate-intensified natural disasters could lead to $12.5 trillion in economic losses worldwide (World Economic Forum). ...
President Trump, joined by National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., talks about an executive order aimed at reducing the cost of prescription drugs. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption ...
Some people are better able to weather life's storms than others. While factors like genetics, upbringing and coping skills play a role in stress resilience, scientists are uncovering an unexpected player in this complex equation: the trillions of microorganisms residing in your gut. ...
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When we eat carbohydrates like white rice and pasta, we digest them rapidly, causing surges in blood sugar. But there is a way to slow digestion down. Jacobo Zanella/Moment Open/Getty Images hide caption ...
Not getting enough sleep doesn’t just make you tired — it alters your mood, appearance and daily function in ways you might not even connect to lack of rest. Subtle signs like food cravings, low motivation and emotional swings are often your body’s way of telling you your sleep routine is broken. ...