4 d. ago Is spinach or meat better to combat low iron? Here’s what experts say

Around a quarter of American adults don’t get enough of the essential mineral

Politics

6 d. ago Ukraine faces ‘forever war’ unless Europe steps up pressure on Russia, says ex

Anders Fogh Rasmussen calls for air shield on Nato territory and deployment of European protection force for UkraineUkraine is facing a “forever war” and a slow erosion of territory unless Europe dramatically increases pressure on Russia, including by deploying troops and establishing a missile and drone shield on Nato territory to protect Ukraine from Russian attacks on its infrastructure, a former Nato secretary general has said.Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who held the Nato post from 2009 to 2014 and was the prime minister of Denmark from 2001 to 2009, said in an interview with the Guardian that if countries such as Poland agreed to host such air defences, Russia would understand that an attack on Ukraine would be an attack on the whole of the Nato alliance. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Experts say this bread may be the best to lower blood pressure

Nearly half of American adults live with high blood pressure

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8 d. ago Singles’ day is thriving in China. Will America welcome this new holiday?

Half of American adults are unmarried, and half of those singles aren’t seeking a relationship

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8 d. ago ‘Beating, torturing, killing’: freed Palestinian author on life in Israeli jails

Nasser Abu Srour says prisons became like ‘another front’ in Gaza war and tells of struggle to adjust to life outsideA celebrated Palestinian author who was freed last month after more than 32 years in Israeli prisons has said the use of torture increased dramatically during his last two years of captivity as Israel came to treat its jails as another front in the Gaza war.Nasser Abu Srour, whose prison memoir has been translated into seven languages and is tipped to win a major international literary prize this month, was among more than 150 Palestinians serving life sentences who were freed as part of the US-brokered Gaza ceasefire and then immediately exile to Egypt, where most remain in limbo. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Torture in Israeli prisons rose sharply during war, says freed Palestinian author

Nasser Abu Srour says prisons became like ‘another front’ in Gaza conflict and tells of struggle to adjust to life outsideA celebrated Palestinian author who was freed last month after more than 32 years in Israeli prisons has said the use of torture increased dramatically during his last two years of captivity as Israel came to treat its jails as another front in the Gaza war.Nasser Abu Srour, whose prison memoir has been translated into seven languages and is tipped to win a major international literary prize this month, was among more than 150 Palestinians serving life sentences who were freed as part of the US-brokered Gaza ceasefire and then immediately exiled to Egypt, where most remain in limbo. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Goodbye Zoom therapy? A simple text exchange might be enough to help improve depression symptoms

One in five American adults are living with a mental illness

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2 w. ago The US obesity rate is declining thanks to weight loss drugs, survey finds

There are now 7.6 million fewer American adults living with obesity

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3 w. ago Trump says giving Ukraine Tomahawk missiles could escalate war with Russia as he meets Zelensky at White House

Tomahawk missiles could dramatically increase Ukraine’s strike capabilities — placing Russian military bases well within their reach

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3 w. ago Dramatic increase in American adults who meet a new definition of obesity: ‘This is astounding’

Obesity linked to more than 40 diseases including certain cancers

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