Maiya Focht

Dec 6, 2024 | businessandamerica.com | Maiya Focht

Eating a specific type sugar can turbocharge cancers and make them more deadly, according to new research. Fructose — which is added to thousands of US food and drinks — was found to speed up the growth of certain kinds of skin, breast and cervical tumors. The researchers found that this type of sugar gets converted by the liver into components that tumors need to build new cells and grow.

Dec 5, 2024 | businessandamerica.com | Maiya Focht

Health officials are warning about a drug 100 times more potent than fentanyl that has caused deaths in 37 states in recent years. The drug, called carfentanil, is a derivative of fentanyl that was designed to tranquilize elephants, and is the most potent commercial opioid on the market. There were 513 overdoses from carfentanil between January 2021 and June 2024, hitting states like Florida and West Virginia the hardest, according to a CDC report published today.

Dec 4, 2024 | businessandamerica.com | Maiya Focht

A pesticide that has been found in breakfast cereals, oats and orange juice may be able to cause dementia symptoms in weeks. Weed-killer glyphosate, which is the active ingredient in RoundUp, has long been linked to cancers and nerve damage. But much of the earlier research has focused on looking at people that interact with it every day like farm workers. The new study, performed on mice, suggests even small amounts of exposure can have long-lasting effects.

Dec 4, 2024 | businessandamerica.com | Maiya Focht

From when you’re in school you’re told to eat a balanced meal every day, but what actually happens when you do? A new study on twins might be one of the best indicators yet at least when it comes to mental health. Researchers tracked more than 1700 pairs of older twins over 11 years, examining their fruit and vegetable intake, health, body weight and their mental wellness. The researchers found that those who ate less of the fresh food were  more likely to be depressed.

Dec 3, 2024 | businessandamerica.com | Maiya Focht

Tens of millions of Americans born before 1996 suffered psychiatric disorders as a direct result of being exposed to toxic lead. A major review estimated that leaded car exhausted fumes breathes in before that date are linked to 151million cases of depression, anxiety and ADHD. Older studies have also suggested that Americans exposed to these fumes have lost 824million cumulative IQ points since 1940.