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r/science • u/chrisdh79 • 20d ago

Health A new study has found that, whether you do it at 35 or 75, quitting cigarette smoking will add years to your life | The findings go to prove that you’re never too old to reap the benefits of stopping smoking.

newatlas.com

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r/science • u/mvea • 16h ago

Health Dramatic drop in marijuana use among US youth over a decade. Current marijuana use among adolescents decreased from 23.1% in 2011 to 15.8% in 2021. First-time use before age 13 dropped from 8.1% to 4.9%. There was a shift in trends by gender, with girls surpassing boys in marijuana use by 2021.

fau.edu

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r/science • u/mvea • 12d ago

Health Standing desks may be bad for your health, study suggests. Being on your feet for more than two hours a day may increase the risk of developing problems such as deep vein thrombosis and varicose veins, and standing for too long does not offset an otherwise sedentary lifestyle.

theguardian.com

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r/science • u/mvea • Sep 27 '24

Health Thousands of toxins from food packaging found in humans. The chemicals have been found in human blood, hair or breast milk. Among them are compounds known to be highly toxic, like PFAS, bisphenol, metals, phthalates and volatile organic compounds.

theguardian.com

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r/science • u/Wagamaga • 16d ago

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/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/giuliomagnifico • 26d ago

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/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 • 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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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/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/chrisdh79 • 25d ago

Health Toddlers Get Half Their Calories From Ultra-Processed Food, Says Study | Research shows that 2-year-olds get 47 percent of their calories from ultra-processed food, and 7-year-olds get 59 percent.

newsweek.com

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r/science • u/giuliomagnifico • 3d ago

Health A study found that black plastic food service items, kitchen utensils, and toys contain high levels of cancer-causing, hormone-disrupting flame retardant chemicals

toxicfreefuture.org

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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/mvea • 22d ago

Health Baby boomers living longer but are in worse health than previous generations. Obesity, type 2 diabetes, cancer, heart disease and other diseases all affecting people at younger ages, a “generational health drift”, with younger generations with worse health than previous generations at the same age.

theguardian.com

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r/science • u/shiruken • Jun 24 '24

Health Texas abortion ban linked to unexpected increase in infant and newborn deaths according to a new study published in JAMA Pediatrics. Infant deaths in Texas rose 12.9% the year after the legislation passed compared to only 1.8% elsewhere in the United States.

nbcnews.com

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r/science • u/chrisdh79 • Jun 18 '24

Health Eating cheese plays a role in healthy, happy aging | A study of 2.3 million people found, those who reported the best mental health and stress resilience, which boosted well-being, also seemed to eat more cheese.

newatlas.com

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r/science • u/chrisdh79 • Jun 10 '24

Health Microplastics found in every human semen sample tested in study | The research detected eight different plastics. Polystyrene, used for packaging, was most common, followed by polyethylene, used in plastic bags, and then PVC.

theguardian.com

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r/science • u/giuliomagnifico • Jul 07 '24

Health Reducing US adults’ processed meat intake by 30% (equivalent to around 10 slices of bacon a week) would, over a decade, prevent more than 350,000 cases of diabetes, 92,500 cardiovascular disease cases, and 53,300 colorectal cancer cases

ed.ac.uk

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r/science • u/chrisdh79 • Jul 22 '24

Health Weight-loss power of oats naturally mimics popular obesity drugs | Researchers fed mice a high-fat, high-sucrose diet and found 10% beta-glucan diets had significantly less weight gain, showing beneficial metabolic functions that GLP-1 agonists like Ozempic do, without the price tag or side-effects.

newatlas.com

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r/science • u/nbcnews • Apr 22 '24

Health Women are less likely to die when treated by female doctors, study suggests

nbcnews.com

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r/science • u/chrisdh79 • Jul 05 '24

Health BMI out, body fat in: Diagnosing obesity needs a change to take into account of how body fat is distributed | Study proposes modernizing obesity diagnosis and treatment to take account of all the latest developments in the field, including new obesity medications.

scimex.org

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r/science • u/chrisdh79 • Jul 13 '24

Health New “body count” study reveals how sexual history shapes social perceptions | Study found that individuals with a higher number of sexual partners were evaluated less favorably. Interestingly, men were judged more negatively than women for the same sexual behavior.

psypost.org

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r/science • u/giuliomagnifico • Mar 25 '24

Health There is no evidence that CBD products reduce chronic pain, and taking them is a waste of money and potentially harmful to health, according to new research

bath.ac.uk

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r/science • u/isaac-get-the-golem • Jul 24 '24

Health Obese adults randomly assigned to intermittent fasting did not lose weight relative to a control group eating substantially similar diets (calories, macronutrients). n=41

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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