Sarah Todd
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2 days ago |
statnews.com | Sarah Todd
The energy drink cans are the colors of a tropical beach sunset — aqua and tangerine and neon pink — so they really pop when lined up for fridge organizing shots on TikTok. They’re sugar-free but come in summery dessert flavors like Sherbet Swirl. On social media, the drinks are brandished by members of an official collegiate ambassadors program, gymnasts and cheerleaders whose dewy complexions suggest they’ve never had a hangover or slept through their alarm after a late-night study session.
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1 week ago |
statnews.com | Sarah Todd
Here are a few things we know about how Robert F. Kennedy eats. He likes raw milk, full-fat dairy, and intermittent fasting. He’s suspicious of artificial food dyes and seed oils, and says “sugar is poison.” He doesn’t drink alcohol. If he spots roadkill, he may try to eat it, though not right away.
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2 weeks ago |
statnews.com | Sarah Todd
Nearly 12% of Americans still smoke cigarettes, the leading cause of preventable death nationwide. Yet there are only two medications authorized by the Food and Drug Administration to help them quit — the more effective of which, varenicline, can come with unsavory side effects like nausea that make people less likely to stick with treatment. A new pill with fewer side effects could soon be available from the Washington state-based biotech Achieve Life Sciences.
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2 weeks ago |
statnews.com | Sarah Todd
Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. It’s Sarah checking in with three springtime recommendations this Monday: this recipe for creamy artichokes and peas, the zippy Steven Soderbergh spy movie Black Bag, and the wildlife portraits of Amy Jean Porter.
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3 weeks ago |
statnews.com | Sarah Todd
The young people who wanted to quit e-cigarettes didn’t necessarily think they were addicted. But they did think nicotine cravings were a problem. When they enrolled in a Massachusetts General Hospital trial, they told researchers they couldn’t study in the library or work at their desks for long before getting the urge to vape. “They really didn’t like that loss of control,” said Eden Evins, director of the addiction center at Mass General.
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