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Jan 22 2025HEALTH

Mothers' Social Support and Diet: The Power of Home Visiting Programs

Did you know that moms in home visiting programs have a lot of support? Almost all of them have at least one person who helps them stay healthy. Interestingly, having a partner or someone who lives nearby can make a big difference. Moms with higher incomes also tend to have more health supporters. B

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Jan 22 2025POLITICS

Unusual Guests: Who Attended Trump's Indoor Inauguration?

In January 2025, Donald Trump became the 47th U. S. president during an indoor ceremony at the U. S. Capitol, with numerous notable figures making an appearance. The event featured a passionate speech from Trump, criticizing the past administration and sharing his vision of a new American "golden ag

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Jan 22 2025HEALTH

The Tale of Two Food Additives: Why One's Harmless and The Other's Harmful

You might be surprised to know that tiny differences in how our bodies process certain food additives can lead to big differences in safety. Take methyleugenol (ME) and its cousin, methylisoeugenol (MIE), for example. Both are used in foods, but one's classified as a potential carcinogen, while the

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Jan 21 2025HEALTH

The Power of Combo Therapy: Pitstop-2 and 1, 6-Hexanediol in Lung Cancer

When cancer cells become aggressive, they change how they use energy. This is known as metabolic reprogramming. Two compounds, Pitstop-2 and 1, 6-hexanediol, have been shown to mess with this process. Pitstop-2 blocks some essential tasks like cell eating (endocytosis) and key transport jobs, while

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Jan 20 2025BUSINESS

Costco Workers May Strike on February 1

Imagine this: thousands of workers at Costco warehouses might walk off the job on February 1. Why? Because 18, 000 employees, part of the Teamsters union, have voted to authorize a strike. They're unhappy with Costco's response to their proposals on wages, benefits, and policies like seniority pay a

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Jan 20 2025FINANCE

Will China's Stable Interest Rates Revive Its Economy?

As the Chinese yuan continues to slip, the country's central bank chose not to alter its benchmark lending rates on Monday. The decision comes as the incoming U. S. President Donald Trump is set to take office, a move that's sparked uncertainty in the financial markets. The People's Bank of China (P

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Jan 19 2025HEALTH

Kids and FXa Inhibitors: What You Need to Know

Have you ever heard of FXa inhibitors? These are medicines that help stop blood clots. But how do they affect kids? A recent study tried to figure this out by looking at what we call "adverse events" or AEs, which are side effects. The researchers did something called a meta-analysis, which is like

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Jan 19 2025ENTERTAINMENT

Missing Moments: Abbott Elementary and It’s Always Sunny Could Have Been Even Funnier

Imagine this: Frank from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Mr. Johnson from Abbott Elementary go way back, sharing a high school romance with the same woman. Sounds like a hilarious plot twist, right? Well, it almost happened! Unfortunately, this storyline got cut from the recent crossover episo

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Jan 19 2025SCIENCE

Cultural Factors Affect How People Feel About Chemicals

Chemicals can make people feel worried or frightened, which can lead to them avoiding products that could be beneficial. This can also impact public policy decisions. Understanding why people feel this way is crucial to addressing these issues. The study looked at how people in different countries r

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Jan 19 2025HEALTH

Fighting Hidden Enemies: Treatments for Lysosomal Storage Disorders

Imagine tiny waste disposal units inside your cells that aren't working right. Welcome to the world of lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs)—rare diseases that mess up these tiny units, called lysosomes. Normally, lysosomes break down big molecules like sugars and fats. But in LSDs, certain enzymes are

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