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What a Maha Crusade Relieve about eating America
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You have probably heard of seed oil. It is a new term to describe old products – think of corn or canola oil – derived from the fats that are pressed from vegetable seeds, which are then refined with heat and chemical solvents.
“Seed oils are one of the most unhealthy ingredients we have in food,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed Last fall in an interview with Fox News. A number of leaders within the Maha movement have warned about the health effects of seed oil. But the scientific consensus is that there is no clear evidence that these oils are harmful. And in fact it is probably worse to switch to alternatives such as butter or lard, as those people often recommend.
But there is anything else to learn from this return, writes Sarah Todd. These fears have shot root in the midst of increasing concern about possible connections between industrial food processes and chronic diseases, because the public becomes more suspicious of everything, of how their food is produced to the ability of the government to guarantee their safety. Read more of Sarah about the history of seed oil, their skeptics and the confidence crisis in which we find ourselves.
Treating ADHD can help young people to stop smoking
And one more of Sarah: people with ADHD are more likely to use Nicotine and tobacco. But a new study found that early diagnosis and treatment of the condition can help prevent young people from picking up the habit.
“Tobacco remains the main cause of avoidable death, so preventing the absorption of tobacco at any age is a powerful game changer for everyone, including that with ADHD,” said Sean McCabe, one of the co-authors of the study, To Sarah. But medication in itself was not a remedy. The authors of the study discovered that the key is that health care professionals collaborate with patients to reduce symptoms as much as possible. Read more of Sarah about the results.
New data about violent deaths for pregnant people in the US
High percentages of mother mortality have long plagued the US. There has also been another problem: bad data. Until 2018, states had various procedures to notice on death certificates if someone was pregnant or had recently had a baby. And various data sources about mother mortality have different standards for inclusion, depending on how long it was since the birth when someone died. (Former Stat reporter Analisa Merelli had a great story about this dilemma of dark data at the end of last year.)
A new study, published yesterday in Jama Network OpenAttempts to clarify the problem, especially when it comes to death by murder, suicide, overdose and firearms. Researchers analyzed all included deaths of pregnant people and people within a year Postpartum between 2018 and 2022. Of the more than 10,700 total deaths in that time frame, 837 murders, 579 suicides, 2,083 overdoses and 851 involved were.
The rates varied considerably between states, the authors wrote. Mississippi had the highest percentage of killing among pregnant people and those within a year postpartum, at 12.86 per 100,000 living births. Montana had the highest number of suicides at 21.55 per 100,000.
The findings at state level are important to establish a basis for evidence that can inform policy decisions, write the authors. The CDC funds of the state-based Maternal Mortality Review Committees that evaluate the circumstances of every death, but not every state has one, and they usually do not look at violent deaths. “The reporting of those findings has increasingly become a political issue and efforts have been made to suppress their findings,” researcher Greg Roth told Annalisa for another story.
It is indeed uncertain which data will be collected, evaluated and reported in the future. Since the website of the CDC is still being changed to meet recent executive orders about gender, Mortality Review Committee Reports and articles are not available.
A judge blocks Trump’s NIH financing reductions and universities respond
A federal court has ordered a national temporary break on plans of the NIH to considerably defeat research overhead payments at universities, medical centers and other subsidy recipients. The break came late Monday after the same judge has granted a temporarily limiting order in response to a lawsuit filed by Attornneys -General from 22 states – which means that it only applied to those states.
In response to the court assignments, various major research universities have reversed the policy that they had established less than 24 hours earlier to reduce budget shortages due to the cutbacks. Nevertheless, scientists said that the uncertainty made it much more difficult to justify the time needed to collect a research proposal. Read the last update.
And if you wonder where the biotech industry is in this, we also asked that. Adam Feuerstein van Stat wrote yesterday that as a protest on these cuts, drug makers are Mia.
What it is like to be a scientist with autism
Holden Thorp, the editor-in-chief of science, was not officially diagnosed with autism at 53-year-old autism until six years ago, whether it is now diagnosed or simply suspected.
“I am usually just an expert in apologizing for missing a non -verbal cue or being overly bone and not realizing it,” writes Thorp in a new essay of the first opinion. But he says that the main reason why he has found success is “by choosing the right partners in life and work, especially people who make up for my weaknesses.” Read more Van Thorp about his advice for other researchers and how they can include autistic scientists in science.
What we read
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In one of the most iconic jobs of the Marines, a stunning pattern of suicide, Washington Post
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The big menopause Swizz: Hormone supplements really do hormone supplements? Guardian
- Health workers are confronted with a grim choice: become employees or resisters, Stat
- Is Trump ready for bird flu? Atlantic
- Ebola cases in Uganda rise to 9, while 265 others are controlled under quarantine, Stat