Beth Mole
Facebook on Sunday removed the prominent health and conspiracy site Natural News from its platform and banned its incendiary founder from posting content.
Though Facebook did not immediately respond to Ars’ request for comment on the suspension, Facebook’s move comes just a day after The Daily Beast published a report into the wild, far-right conspiracy theories that have become staples on Natural News.
‘Jumping genes’ could help CRISPR replace disease-causing DNA, study finds
KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE
Undetected diabetes linked to heart attack and gum disease
“People with undetected glucose disorders run a higher risk of both myocardial infarction and periodontitis, according to a study published in the journal Diabetes Care by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. The results demonstrate the need of greater collaboration between dentistry and healthcare, say the researchers, and possibly of screening for diabetes at dental clinics.”
Steven Ross Johnson
“Experts say the rising costs and demand for home healthcare services will make it less affordable for many older adults to pay for the services long term.
Richard Johnson, a senior fellow in the Income and Benefits Policy Center at the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C., said there are strong indicators the current methods for financing long-term care are leading to a crisis in the coming years that will make such services unaffordable for those most in need.”
Molecular Pharmacologu, University of Pittsburgh
Scientists are trained to question claims that are not supported by data. In the west, eastern traditional medicines have been largely criticized for their air of mysticism. However, we cannot debunk a field that is not well-studied. Alternative medicine can become an actual science if we implement rigorous research and strict regulatory policies. Ultimately, it can become successfully integrated into conventional therapy to improve health outcomes.
By Amy Burgess / Special to The Times
When asked the difference between organic goods and those labeled all natural, eco-friendly or naturally grown, consumers may respond that these are one and the same. In reality, they are different.
In 1990, the federal Organic Foods Production Act established the National Organic Program to support specialty crop producers, organic farmers and the standards for producing, handling and processing organically grown agricultural products.
FRIDAY, June 7, 2019 — A greater number of intestinal and brain function abnormalities increases the burden of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), according to a study recently published in Gastroenterology.
Becky McCall
“Vitamin D3 supplementation in people at high risk of developing diabetes but who did not have vitamin D insufficiency does not reduce the chances of developing the disease compared with placebo, the new results of a randomized, placebo-controlled trial show.
The findings from the Vitamin D and Type 2 Diabetes (D2d) trial were presented here at the American Diabetes Association 2019 Scientific Sessions by Anastassios Pittas, MD, from Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.”
By Steven Reinberg
HealthDay Reporter
New research shatters the image of U.S. soldiers as the epitome of fitness and primed for battle: Instead, they are less likely to have ideal blood pressure than their civilian counterparts.
In fact, less than one-third of active Army personnel have ideal blood pressure (120/80 mm Hg), compared with over half of the general population, the researchers found.”
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