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Over 70% of Children's Diets Now Consist of Ultraprocessed Foods

Mercola

Ultraprocessed foods — industrial creations made with ingredients like hydrogenated seed oils, high-fructose corn syrup and artificial additives — have infiltrated modern diets at an alarming rate, with dire consequences to children’s health. 3 These foods are far from nutritionally balanced, and they set the stage for numerous health issues.

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How dancing honey bees could help us save pollinators

Frontiers

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. See the article published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution ). That’s where my research comes in. Image: Zyabich/Shutterstock.com.

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High Blood Pressure Is a Growing Problem Among Children and Teens

Mercola

High blood pressure is a health concern that middle-aged adults and the elderly usually contend with, however, new research suggests that this silent killer is now affecting the lives of American children at an alarming rate. These include "low education, low income, no health insurance, food insecurity and no or limited employment."

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Prozac Poses Serious Risks for Young People

Mercola

However, the International Journal of Risk & Safety in Medicine study 2 highlights significant safety concerns and questions the drug’s effectiveness in this vulnerable age group. 4 Understanding these alternatives is key for making informed decisions about mental health treatments for youth.

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Readers Offer Solo Agers Support and Reflect on Ancestors

KFF Health News

Recently, I became interested in the issue of how retirees whose professions defined their persona can, after age 80, as a “senior senior,” continue to be a person of substantiality. I created the Glorious Age of Aging to look at this issue over six hourlong meetings over three months. I use Uber as well as drive.

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People married into long-lived families share lower risk of type II diabetes

Frontiers

Sharing the household and lifestyle of children of long-lived parents might lead to these marked health benefits for spouses, but it’s also possible that people tend to pick their partners through ‘assortative mating’, matching phenotypes and genotypes for healthy aging and longevity. Read origina l article ?

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Deep Learning Would Be Crucial Under Sanders’s Medicare for All System

Smart Data Collective

Health IT Analytics wrote an article on the cost benefits of using big data in healthcare. The professional conference Digital Health Summit was held at the CES in Las Vegas in January 2013. “Last year 44 million health-related applications were downloaded, while investments in the sector are expected to grow by 45%.