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r/science • u/mvea • Feb 17 '25

Health Using scented products indoors changes the chemistry of the air, producing as much air pollution as car exhaust does outside, according to a new study. Researchers say that breathing in these nanosized particles could have serious health implications.

newatlas.com

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489 comments

r/science • u/the_noise_we_made • Jan 01 '25

Health Common Plastic Additives May Have Affected The Health of Millions

sciencealert.com

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762 comments

r/science • u/Wagamaga • Oct 13 '24

Health Research found a person's IQ during high school is predictive of alcohol consumption later in life. Participants with higher IQ levels were significantly more likely to be moderate or heavy drinkers, as opposed to abstaining.

utsouthwestern.edu

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r/science • u/mvea • Nov 18 '24

Health Even after drastic weight loss, body’s fat cells carry ‘memory’ of obesity, which may explain why it can be hard to stay trim after weight-loss program, finds analysis of fat tissue from people with severe obesity and control group. Even weight-loss surgery did not budge that pattern 2 years later.

nature.com

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896 comments

r/science • u/Wagamaga • Jul 30 '24

Health Black Americans, especially young Black men, face 20 times the odds of gun injury compared to whites, new data shows. Black persons made up only 12.6% of the U.S. population in 2020, but suffered 61.5% of all firearm assaults

acpjournals.org

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r/science • u/mvea • Jan 25 '25

Health Gender dysphoria diagnoses among children in England rise fiftyfold over 10 years. Study of GP records finds prevalence rose from one in 60,000 in 2011 to one in 1,200 in 2021 – but numbers still low overall.

theguardian.com

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r/science • u/giuliomagnifico • Sep 28 '24

Health Cannabis use during pregnancy is directly linked to negative impacts on babies’ brain development

canterbury.ac.nz

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r/science • u/mvea • Dec 27 '24

Health People urged to do at least 150 minutes of aerobic exercise a week to lose weight - Review of 116 clinical trials finds less than 30 minutes a day, five days a week only results in minor reductions.

theguardian.com

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834 comments

r/science • u/giuliomagnifico • Oct 03 '24

Health American adults aged 33 to 46 have significantly worse health compared to their British peers, especially in markers of cardiovascular health and higher levels of obesity, along with greater disparities in health by socioeconomic factors

ox.ac.uk

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r/science • u/mvea • Jul 25 '24

Health Moderate drinking not better for health than abstaining, new study suggests. Scientists say flaws in previous research mean health benefits from alcohol were exaggerated. “It’s been a propaganda coup for the alcohol industry to propose that moderate use of their product lengthens people’s lives”.

theguardian.com

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r/science • u/mvea • 15d ago

Health Only 10% of non-surgical treatments for back problems kill pain - Only six out of 56 treatments analysed yielded ‘small’ relief according to most comprehensive worldwide study, with some even increasing pain.

theguardian.com

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483 comments

r/science • u/mvea • Sep 12 '24

Health After US abortion rights were curtailed, more women are opting for sterilisation. Tubal sterilisations (having tubes tied) increased in all states following the 2022 US Supreme Court decision that overturned the federal constitutional right to abortion (n = nearly 5 million women).

scimex.org

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1.2k comments

r/science • u/unsw • Oct 31 '24

Health Mandating less salt in packaged foods could prevent 40,000 cardiovascular events, 32,000 cases of kidney disease, up to 3000 deaths, and could save $3.25 billion in healthcare costs

unsw.edu.au

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676 comments

r/science • u/Wagamaga • Dec 01 '24

Health Vegetarians and vegans consume slightly more processed foods than meat eaters, sparking debate on diet quality. UPFs are industrially formulated items primarily made from substances extracted from food or synthesized in laboratories.

uk.news.yahoo.com

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844 comments

r/science • u/thebelsnickle1991 • 10d ago

Health Older adults, particularly those aged 75 and older, have the highest rates of suicide of any age group, yet a new study finds that well-known national suicide prevention organizations do not provide easily accessible resources targeting this population

news.harvard.edu

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337 comments

r/science • u/Wagamaga • Aug 12 '24

Health People who use marijuana at high levels are putting themselves at more than three times the risk for head and neck cancers. The study is perhaps the most rigorous ever conducted on the issue, tracking the medical records of over 4 million U.S. adults for 20 years.

jamanetwork.com

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r/science • u/mvea • Dec 24 '24

Health Study finds fluoride in water does not affect brain development - the researchers found those who’d consistently been drinking fluoridated water had an IQ score 1.07 points higher on average than those with no exposure.

uq.edu.au

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474 comments

r/science • u/mvea • Dec 21 '24

Health Caffeine can disrupt your sleep — even when consumed 12 hours before bed. While a 100 mg dose of caffeine (1 cup of coffee) can be consumed up to 4 hours before bedtime without significant effects on sleep, a 400 mg dose (4 cups of coffee) disrupts sleep when taken up to 12 hours before bedtime.

psypost.org

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688 comments

r/science • u/mvea • Jul 10 '24

Health The amount of sugar consumed by children from soft drinks in the UK halved within a year of the sugar tax being introduced, a study has found. The tax has been so successful in improving people’s diets that experts have said an expansion to cover other high sugar products is now a “no-brainer”.

theguardian.com

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r/science • u/calliope_kekule • Dec 04 '24

Health New research indicates that childhood lead exposure, which peaked from 1960 through 1990 in most industrialized countries due to the use of lead in gasoline, has negatively impacted mental health and likely caused many cases of mental illness and altered personality.

acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

12.7k Upvotes

481 comments

r/science • u/mvea • 1d ago

Health Even the richest Americans face shorter lifespans than their European counterparts. Over a 10-year period, Americans across all wealth levels were more likely to die than Europeans. People with more wealth still lived longer, especially in the US, where the gap between rich and poor is much larger.

brown.edu

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290 comments

r/science • u/chrisdh79 • Nov 21 '24

Health New research shows that regular consumption of nuts not only holds off death, but it also keeps the mind sharp and limits persistent disability if you’re over 70 yrs old | Nuts are linked to warding off DNA damage and omega-3 and 6 fatty acids are shown to reduce the risk of 19 types of cancer.

newatlas.com

10.9k Upvotes

565 comments

r/science • u/mvea • 1d ago

Health A “weekend warrior” approach to physical activity — getting 150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity over one to two days instead of throughout the week — improved health and lowered the risk of death, finds a new study of more than 93,000 people.

newsroom.heart.org

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260 comments

r/science • u/wise_karlaz • 27d ago

Health Exercise worsens brain metabolism in ME/CFS by depleting metabolites, disrupting folate metabolism, and altering lipids and energy, contributing to cognitive dysfunction and post-exertional malaise.

mdpi.com

4.0k Upvotes

555 comments

r/science • u/mvea • Feb 05 '25

Health Six eggs a week lowers heart disease death risk by 29% - A new study has found that eating between one and six eggs each week significantly reduces the risk of dying from any cause but particularly from heart disease – even in people who have been diagnosed with high cholesterol levels.

newatlas.com

5.0k Upvotes

559 comments