You grab a soda or energy drink without a second thought, but those tasty sips are hiding a big health bill. Most of these drinks are sweetened with refined fructose — typically in the form of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) — which causes serious long-term health damage. Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are everywhere, and they’re causing… Read More: Sugary Drinks Linked to More Than 330,000 Deaths a Year »
Firefighters are more likely to develop brain tumors known as gliomas — and now we’re learning why. According to research published in the journal Cancer by a team at the University of California, San Francisco, these brain tumors carry a unique genetic signature tied directly to chemical exposure from their jobs.1 Glioma, the most common… Read More: Flame Retardant Linked to Brain Tumors in Firefighters »
Picture this: it’s a chilly night, and you’re snuggled up with a warm blanket and a hot water bottle pressed against your skin. It feels good, but there’s a downside — that cozy habit could be harming your skin. Toasted skin syndrome, also called erythema ab igne (EAI) — Latin for “redness by fire”1 —… Read More: Heating Pads and Blankets Linked to ‘Toasted Skin Syndrome’ »
Fibromyalgia, characterized by chronic, widespread pain is an often-debilitating condition that primarily affects women. While as many as 10 million Americans have fibromyalgia, its cause remains a mystery. Brain scans of fibromyalgia patients have offered hard evidence that the pain they experience is indeed real — mainly because their threshold for tolerating pain impulses is… Read More: Fibromyalgia Linked to Extensive Brain Inflammation »