13 h. ago Expert's urgent warning over sweetener in thousands of food linked to BRAIN DAMAGE

Sugar - sweet, satisfying, and everywhere. From fresh fruit and honey to processed table sugar and drinks, it sneaks into nearly everything we eat.

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8 d. ago Warning that common food type is killing thousands every year

Experts say there is a link between people eating UPFs and a greater risk of early death

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9 d. ago The common food type killing ‘thousands’ every year, according to major new study

Experts say there is a link between people eating UPFs and a greater risk of early death

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1 week ago Scientists say this common food type is killing ‘thousands’ every year

Experts say there is a link between people eating UPFs and a greater risk of early death

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1 week ago Steep rise in shark attacks linked to social media stars doing one thing on the beach

Social media stars have been slammed by shark experts in France, who think they've worked out a link between the amount the predators attack and what influencers are doing

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2 w. ago Disturbing link between popular McDonald's order and colon cancer epidemic in young people

After a new study found a potential link between a common food contaminant and colon cancer, experts are sounding the alarm that a decline in food safety could fuel the surge in early-onset cases.

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2 w. ago People with autism and their families: share your views on Robert F Kennedy Jr’s comments

We’d like to hear from people with autism, and their families, on the impact of RFK’s commentsIn his first press conference, Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, said that the recent rise in autism diagnoses was evidence of an “epidemic” caused by an “environmental toxin”.Health experts and autism advocates have repeatedly said the rise in diagnoses is related to better recognition of the condition, changing diagnostic criteria and better access to screening. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Is there a link between gut health and allergies? An expert explains

Could what you eat really affect the severity of your symptoms?

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3 w. ago How RFK Jr’s mixed messages on vaccines are impacting scientific research – podcast

As a measles outbreak expands across the US, comments by health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr have come under scrutiny. Kennedy has said that the best way to prevent measles is to get vaccinated – but he has also caused alarm among paediatricians, vaccine experts and lawmakers by promoting vitamin A and nutrition as treatments for measles and questioning the safety testing of the MMR vaccine. He also recently announced a US-led scientific effort to establish the cause of what he terms the ‘autism epidemic’, with some experts concerned that this study will support the widely discredited association between autism and vaccines. US health reporter Jessica Glenza tells Ian Sample, the Guardian’s science editor, how these mixed messages are already impacting scientific research.RFK Jr says his response to measles outbreak should be ‘model for the world’RFK Jr contradicts experts by linking autism rise to ‘environmental toxins’ Continue reading...

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3 w. ago RFK Jr plays medical detective as he contradicts his own department on autism

ANALYSIS: Kennedy suggested that ‘ideology’ has prevented research into the causes of autism, writes Richard Hall

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3 w. ago RFK Jr contradicts experts by linking autism rise to ‘environmental toxins’

US health secretary bucks expert opinion as research shows rise in diagnoses due to better tools and screening Health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr said in his first press conference that the significant and recent rise in autism diagnoses is evidence of an “epidemic” caused by an “environmental toxin”, which would be rooted out by September.Autism advocates and health experts have repeatedly stated the rise in diagnoses is related to better recognition of the condition, changing diagnostic criteria and better access to screening. Many also reject the label of an “epidemic”, arguing that neurodivergence should be valued. Continue reading...

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