by Susan Keown | Dec 16, 2023 | ScienceWire
In STAT, Wudan Yan covers a first-of-its-kind experimental program in North Carolina that helps at-risk families access healthy foods and safe housing. The program aims to address some of the social factors that can have major impacts on health. Yan talks to several...
by Susan Keown | Nov 19, 2023 | ScienceWire
A high-sugar diet impairs the brain cells responsible for removing toxic debris from the brain, Sabrina Richards writes for Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. The research could provide a link between diet and Alzheimer’s disease and similar neurodegenerative disorders,...
by Susan Keown | Sep 2, 2023 | ScienceWire
In a feature for Undark, Wudan Yan (@wudanyan) takes us to Bangladesh’s spice markets, where vendors sell turmeric — until recently, often color-enhanced with lead chromate. The country practically eliminated turmeric adulteration through a multinational collaboration...
by Susan Keown | Jul 4, 2022 | ScienceWire
Ian Rose (@ianrosewrites) writes for Hakai Magazine about how scientists are using more than a century of menus from restaurants in West Coast cities, such as the venerable Hotel Vancouver in B.C., to understand how the ocean has changed during that period. A century...
by Susan Keown | Apr 4, 2022 | ScienceWire
Despite the obvious potential of insects as human food, animal feed, and fertilizer, writes Robin Donovan (@RobinKD) for Neo.Life, scientists disagree about the future of an industry that seeks to convert them into products that can be safely shelved in grocery...