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How dancing honey bees could help us save pollinators

Frontiers

In 2002, I was an unhappy graduate student in neurobiology without the vocabulary to understand why. That was when I stumbled across a paper by Ben-Shahar et al (2002) describing the effect of gene expression on the age-related transition of worker honey bees from nurses to foragers. What inspired you to become a researcher?

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Chemical Intolerance in Parents Tied to Autism and ADHD Risk in Children

Mercola

From 2002 to 2020, autism prevalence surged annually by 6% to 15%. Participants with very high chemical intolerance scores were compared to those with low scores and were asked to report the number of biological children they have who are diagnosed with ASD or ADHD by health professionals. of adults are affected globally.

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‘Disheartening’ auditor report reflects experiences filing complaints about nursing homes

NC Health News

Department of Health and Human Services pointed to a lack of resources and inadequate staff hampering their ability to keep up with complaints. But taxpayer money, such as the federal health insurance programs Medicare and Medicaid, shouldnt be used to reimburse facilities where people arent taken care of, she said.

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Flu is (still) taking off, egg prices, new diet standards, Super Bowl, and more

Your Local Epidemiologist

But first, here’s some public health news you can use (i.e., Your National Disease Health Report There are a lot of sick people out there. Data from Townsend et al ; Table created by YLE Data and communications at Health and Human Services are slowly returning after a 3-week pause. sanity) to start your week.