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Weight loss may mean a risk of death for older adults, study shows



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As much as people may celebrate their own weight loss, it is not always healthy.

A new study shows that weight loss in older adults is associated with early death and life-limiting conditions.

Weight gain, on the other hand, is not associated with mortality, according to a study published Monday in JAMA Network Open.

Medical professionals have known to be concerned when older people with health conditions lose weight but researchers have not fully understood the impact of weight change on healthy older adults, according to lead study author Dr. Monira Hussain, a clinical epidemiologist and senior research fellow in public health and preventive medicine at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.

The study looked at nearly 17,000 adults at least 70 years old in Australia and more than 2,000 adults in the United States who were at least 65 years old. Everyone who participated in the study was

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Are sugar substitutes bad for you? What science says

To satisfy the public’s craving for sweetness and concern about the health effects of sugar, food companies have increasingly turned to sugar substitutes. Natural and artificial sweeteners are added to everything from sodas to toothpaste, lip balm to snack items.

Now, studies are raising concerns about the health effects of these substitutes.

Late last month, a study associated the sugar substitute erythritol with an increased risk of stroke. Although the research was far from definitive, it raised the question of what sugar substitute – if any – is the healthiest.

Unfortunately, that’s not an easy question to answer.

All sweeteners on the market have met the government’s standard of being “generally recognized as safe,” meaning research has shown they are not toxic.

But just because something isn’t toxic doesn’t mean it’s healthy – or that it’s helpful for weight management or disease prevention, said Allison Sylvetsky, an associate professor at

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A sustainable ‘superfood’ for the future?

For years now, scientists have been telling the world we are starting to run out of land to grow crops and raise farm animals, causing future food concerns. Researchers are now looking for different ways of growing nutritious foods to replace the ones whose cultivation is no longer as sustainable. One of these is algae.

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Could algae become a staple of our daily meals? Image credit: Carli Teteris/Stocksy.

As the world’s population continues to increase, the need for food also increases. However, research shows we are quickly running out of farmable land.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the world can lose up to 250 million crop production acres by 2050 due to urbanization, soil degradation, and climate change.

And factors like climate change, maintenance costs, and access to water are causing problems with raising livestock.

As people need to eat to

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Florida Surgeon General Joe Ladapo is suspected of allegedly falsifying Covid report

Ladapo’s report was used as evidence in vaccine guidance he released in October that came under heavy criticism from the medical community, which said the surgeon general’s stance that the vaccine posed a health risk in healthy young men was flawed and went against Covid-vaccine recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and the American Academy of Pediatrics. The guidance even prompted Twitter to temporarily block a social media post from the surgeon general promoting the analysis, although the company later restored it.

The inspector general’s office opened the investigation in November after it received the complaint and later closed it at an undisclosed date after the complainant didn’t respond to follow-up questions regarding the allegations, according to state documents that includes a copy of the original complaint.

Nothing is known about the complainant, and anyone can submit a complaint with the Department of Health’s inspector general. But the individual

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