Two Taiwanese high-tech companies have announced a donation of 10 million doses of anti-coronavirus vaccine made by Germany’s BioNTech to the island’s government, which faces political obstacles in fighting the pandemic ByThe Associated Press July 12, 2021, 5:40 AM • 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article TAIPEI, Taiwan — Two Taiwanese… Read More »
Over the last few years, Jonathan Gill’s road to success has taken him a number of directions. And as the founder and CEO of Backtracks, an audio analysis company focused on helping podcasters measure data, he’s also used to overcoming different problems on the fly. Gill recently sat down with Men’s Health Deputy Editor Spencer… Read More »
Incredible Health’s founders Iman Abuzeid and Rome Portlock. Source: Nico Zurcher When Iman Abuzeid was raising her last round of financing, she stepped into a Silicon Valley venture firm in business casual attire and was immediately mistaken for a Postmates delivery driver. Abuzeid, who trained as a physician before enrolling in a business degree in… Read More »
A group of MPs is calling for a tax on social media companies’ profits, saying the firms are operating in “an online wild west”. Its report, which follows a year-long inquiry into the health impact of social media, says the industry should do more to protect children and young people online. The government is due… Read More »
The movement to kick sugar out of diets has been steadily growing since 2014 when the World Health Organization recommended limiting sugar intake to 10 per cent of an adult’s daily calories, and just 5 per cent to yield “additional benefits.” A growing body of scientific studies have linked sugar to diabetes, liver disease, obesity… Read More »
Consider the foods you’d like to think of as healthy. Do they include antioxidant-rich chocolate bars? Or immune system-boosting juice? Or maybe “superfoods” like pomegranate granola bars? Turns out our beliefs about how nutritious these products are is increasingly shaped by scientific research dreamed up and paid for by major food companies and interest groups.… Read More »