The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently released update guidelines pertaining to childhood obesity. The updated guidelines give the specific ages at which doctors should offer certain treatments for obesity: children 12 and older can be offered drugs, while children 13 and older can be offered weight-loss surgery. Childhood obesity is a grave issue in …
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Meta Fined $414 Million by EU Regulator for Privacy Violations
For online services, a general maxim to keep in mind is that if you don’t have to pay a fee for the service, then you are the product. Facebook certainly follows this rule, as the site makes most of its money by selling user information to companies that will then use it for targeted consumer …
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Big Pharma’s New Year’s Resolution: Raise Drug Prices
Happy New Year, to start off! Best wishes for 2023. This January, a host of pharmaceutical companies based in the US – including Pfizer and AstraZeneca – plan to raise the prices on more than 350 different drugs. Pharmaceutical companies have a history of hiking their prices at the beginning of the year, and this …
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2,800% Percent Increase in Plant-Based Menu Items: Veganuary Awaits!
Merry Christmas! As the cinnamon rolls with homemade vegan Nutella cook this morning, I’ll briefly reflect on a news article I saw recently, as reported by VegNews. According to a recent report by the firm Datassential, the term plant-based has increased by 2,800% on restaurant menus since 2018. This term began to be seen on …
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The Amazing Manta Ray
All sorts of incredible creatures live in the ocean, and scientists continue to be surprised by the secrets that the world’s seas hold. One fascinating ocean animal that doesn’t get nearly enough attention is the manta ray. The word “manta” comes from the Spanish word for cloak. Looking at the flat winged body of a …
Twitter Files Demonstrate Blatant Politically Motivated Censorship, Press Largely Silent
Earlier this month, Elon Musk released revelations about Twitter’s aggressive efforts to censor a true story from the New York Post about Hunter Biden’s laptop. Subsequently, journalist and author Matt Taibbi published Musk’s findings in the form of a long thread on Twitter in order for the story to get a lot of exposure. Despite …
The Blood Type Diet: Complete and Utter Rubbish
Fad diets come and go over the years and decades. Such diets are particularly popular if they propose some strange idiosyncratic way of eating that doesn’t differ too much from someone’s regular eating pattern. That way, the person can convince themselves that they are making a big change in their health, even if it isn’t …
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New Large-Scale Solar Project in Maine
As of 2021, only around 3% of the net energy produced within the state of Maine comes from solar energy. About half of the state’s energy comes from hydropower and wind power. According to a 2016 US Department of Energy study, solar panels could potentially provide 60% of the state’s electricity needs. Construction on Maine’s …
Research on Diet and Human Fertility
Reproductive issues in both men and women have risen sharply in the US in the past few decades, with issues such as miscarriages and declining sperm counts increasing by about 1% each year. There is certainly evidence that endocrine-disrupting chemicals such as phthalates and BPA can cause reproductive issues in humans. However, one major contributor …
Department of Homeland Security’s Campaign to Police Online Speech
In April, the Biden administration announced the beginning of the Disinformation Governance Board, which had the stated intention of protecting national security by combating various types of misinformation. There was incredible backlash to the creation of the DGB, and the agency folded within three weeks of its announced birth. Yet it would be naïve to …
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