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The relationship between fruit drink front-of-package claims, fruit imagery, and ingredient disclosures and consumer perceptions, intentions, and behavior: A systematic review

J Acad Nutr Diet. 2025 Jan 31:S2212-2672(25)00038-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2025.01.017. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Fruit drinks are the top sources of added sugar in young children’s diets, increasing their risk of chronic disease. It is unclear to what extent front-of-package (FOP) marketing and disclosures influence parents’ perceptions of fruit drinks and their intentions and […]

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Molecularly imprinted electrochemical sensor to sensitively detect tetramethylpyrazine in Baijiu

Analyst. 2025 Jan 28. doi: 10.1039/d4an01559b. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Tetramethylpyrazine (TMP) is a compound known for its natural health benefits, but current detection methods for TMP are overly expensive and time-consuming. In this study, we developed functional materials with TMP molecular recognition properties using molecularly imprinted technology. As TMP does not produce electrochemical

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Why More People are Switching to a Plant-Based Diet (And How You Can Too)

The number of adult Americans following a plant-rich diet has more than doubled over the past few years, increasing from just 12.1% of the population in 2019 to 25.8% in 2022. (1) If you’re considering the same, it’s helpful to understand exactly what this way of eating entails (and what it doesn’t), as well as

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N-Acetyl Cysteine Can Help Reduce Flu Symptoms

Originally published January 25, 2017 Revised December 5, 2024 Without fail, the transformation of warm summer breezes into chilly, biting winds means that flu season is underway. Informally called the flu, influenza is a viral infection of the respiratory tract that can lead to severe or life-threatening secondary infections. People engage in all sorts of

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Dr. Oz reacts to RFK, Jr.’s Health and Human Services Nomination

The current health care system in this country is unsustainable, and the experts who brought us these problems are the ones who are complaining about Trump’s appointment of RFK, Jr. And it’s frustrating because if you look at the burden on our economy, 90 percent of the $4.5 trillion in the health budget is for

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Michigan Woman Awarded $12 Million After Being Fired for Refusing COVID Shot

A former Blue Cross Blue Shield employee was recently awarded $12 million by a federal jury in Detroit when she sued the insurance company for religious discrimination. Lisa Domski had worked at Blue Cross Blue Shield for almost 40 years when she was denied a religious exemption to the employee COVID-19 shot mandate.1 2 Although

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First Needle-Free Patch RSV Vaccine Being Created

The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has granted the Biotech company Vaxxas Pty. Ltd. of Australia a worldwide license to a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) antigen known as DS2. The license will allow for the firm to create the first needle-free and room-temperature stable RSV vaccine using a novel and “cutting edge” high-density microarray

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Most U.S. Health Care Workers Reject COVID-19 Booster Shot This Year

A recent study published in U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) showed a decline in the uptake of COVID-19 shots among health care workers in the United States this year.1 During the 2023–2024 respiratory virus season, fewer than one in six health care personnel working in acute

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