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Toxic Chemicals in Food Packaging Found in People

That plastic wrap you find around the food you eat is far from benign: A new study shows that more than 3,600 chemicals leach into food during the packaging process. Of that number, 79 chemicals are known to cause cancer, genetic mutations, and endocrine and reproductive… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David […]

Published on September 17, 2024

Ozempic Curbs Diabetes-Linked Fatty Liver Progression

Fatty liver disease linked to diabetes and obesity can easily progress to liver cirrhosis, but new research suggests that GLP-1 medicines like Ozempic can help stop that. In a new decades-long study, veterans with diabetes and what’s known as metabolic dysfunction-associated… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a […]

Published on September 17, 2024

Varying Mental Tasks Boosts Memory by 75 Percent

We’ve heard that variety is the spice of life, and now a new study finds that it also may be the key to supercharge learning and enhance working memory for people over the age of 60. Researchers discovered that varied practice, not repetition, primed older adults to learn a… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. […]

Published on September 16, 2024