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TikTok encourages toxic diet culture among teens: Research
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
New research from the University of Vermont finds the most viewed content on TikTok relating to food, nutrition and weight perpetuates a toxic diet culture among teens and young adults and that expert voices are largely missing from the conversation.
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First-degree relatives of patients with NAFLD at risk of liver disease: Re
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Approximately one-fourth of the general population worldwide has nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, known as NAFLD, an umbrella term for a range of liver conditions affecting people who drink little to no alcohol. NAFLD can lead to cirrhosis, liver cancer and liver failure.
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World's most unique birds are facing extinction
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A recent study found that bird species with uncommon or severe combinations of traits are more likely to become extinct.
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Mild to moderate stress is good for health: Research
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to new research from the University of Georgia's Youth Development Institute, stress may be beneficial to brain function.
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How big of an effect do boycotts have on brand sales?
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
At a campaign event in the midst of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, the chief executive officer of Goya, a large Latin food brand, publicly praised and endorsed then-president Donald Trump. The comments triggered both a boycott and a counter "buycott" movement in support of the brand.
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Climate change tempered by protected areas for biodiversity
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Climate change is emerging as a top threat to biodiversity according to the latest Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Plant and animal species face greater risks of thermal stress as climate change pushes temperatures beyond their thermal tolerance.
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Reduced-nicotine cigarettes make anxious smokers smoke less
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Lowering the amount of nicotine in cigarettes to non-addictive levels may reduce smoking without worsening mental health in smokers with mood or anxiety disorders, according to Penn State College of Medicine and Harvard Medical School researchers. They said reducing nicotine content in cigar
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Most dry rangelands under danger due to increased grazing demand
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A new study published in Science reports results from the first-ever global field assessment of the ecological impacts of grazing in drylands. The international research team found that grazing can have positive effects on ecosystem services, particularly in species-rich rangelands, but thes
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Human evolution wasn't just sheet music, but how it was played: Research
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A team of Duke researchers has identified a group of human DNA sequences driving changes in brain development, digestion and immunity that seem to have evolved rapidly after our family line split from that of the chimpanzees, but before we split with the Neanderthals.
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525-million-year-old fossil contradicts textbook theory of brain evolution
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to a new study, fossils of a tiny sea creature with a delicately preserved nervous system solve a century-old debate over how the brain evolved in arthropods, the most species-rich group in the animal kingdom. Combining detailed anatomical studies of the fossilized nervous syste
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Cellular secrets of aging unlocked by researchers
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
New research has uncovered how genetic changes that accumulate slowly in blood stem cells throughout life are likely to be responsible for the dramatic change in blood production after the age of 70.
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Risk of severe asthma attacks doubled after Covid limitations removed: Res
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to new research from the Queen Mary University of London, adults with asthma had an almost doubled risk of a severe asthma attack after Covid-19 limitations were loosened in the UK.
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