Stephanie Soucheray

Durham, Minneapolis-St.Paul

Writer at Freelance

Medical and science writer, displaced Minnesotan

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What Is Iodine, Exactly?

6 days ago | experiencelife.lifetime.life | Jill Metzler Patton |Stephanie Soucheray

Iodine is an essential micronutrient — “essential” in that it’s required for your body to function, but your body doesn’t make it, so you can get it only through your diet. Iodine supports virtually every aspect of health, primarily by helping create thyroid hormones. Iodine also has antioxidant, anti-infection, and potential anticancer properties. A trace mineral, iodine is found in seawater as well as in certain rock formations and soil.
Are Artificial Sweeteners Better Than Sugar?

Feb 13, 2025 | experiencelife.lifetime.life | Stephanie Soucheray

Though sugar alternatives might seem a safer bet, the research on their health implications suggests otherwise. In 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) released guidelines advising against using nonsugar sweeteners for weight control or to lower disease risk.
How to Rescue Produce Before It Spoils

Dec 27, 2024 | experiencelife.lifetime.life | Stephanie Soucheray

You had good intentions and a clear meal plan when you bought that bunch of cilantro and head of romaine last week. But life moves fast, and now the produce that once held promise is looking past its prime. The herbs are wilted and yellowing, the lettuce looks slimy in some places, and you’re regretting that you’re about to toss hard-earned dollars into the trash. With some produce, signs of spoilage are clear. A mold-covered peach is a no-brainer — you shouldn’t eat that.
Why are women more likely to get long-Covid than men?

Nov 18, 2024 | geneticliteracyproject.org | Stephanie Soucheray

Long COVID can cause substantial economic loss and missed days of work, and it can strike women more often than men-possibly because women have increased expression of an RNA gene implicated in autoimmunity-according to two new studies.
Trial shows safety of getting COVID and flu vaccines at same time

Nov 8, 2024 | medicalxpress.com | Stephanie Soucheray

Results from a randomized control trial published Nov. 6 in JAMA Network Open show that participants who received mRNA COVID-19 and inactivated influenza vaccines simultaneously had no more adverse effects than those who received the two shots sequentially, 1 or 2 weeks apart. The study included 335 people who were vaccinated from October 2021 to June 2023 at one of three U.S. study sites. All participants were ages 5 years and older and intended to receive both flu and mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.
What Causes Low Iron?

Oct 14, 2024 | experiencelife.lifetime.life | Stephanie Soucheray |Matthew Kadey |Jen Sinkler |Lauren Bedosky

It’s not just menstruation that puts people at risk for iron deficiency. Eating plant-based diets, while good for human and planetary health, can make it harder to get enough iron, largely because we absorb iron more easily from meat than from plants. In a review of studies on iron depletion that included vegetarians and nonvegetarians, authors found that up to 79 percent of the vegetarian women were deficient in iron; up to 29 percent of the vegetarian men had low levels.
How to Make Sure You're Consuming Enough Dietary Iron

Oct 2, 2024 | experiencelife.lifetime.life | Stephanie Soucheray |Matthew Kadey |Henry Emmons |Alexandra Smith

If you’re running low on iron, your provider will likely suggest including more iron-rich foods in your diet. Among animal sources, oysters win the prize for best source, with about 8 milligrams (mg) of iron in 3 ounces of oysters. The same amount of steak provides roughly 2 mg of iron. In general, red meat, poultry, and fish are all excellent sources of heme iron, the type our bodies absorb most easily.
Missouri investigates more possible human-to-human H5N1 avian flu spread

Sep 27, 2024 | ourcommunitynow.com | Stephanie Soucheray

Share CDC) said investigators in Missouri were looking into eight possible human infections of H5N1 avian flu virus after the state reported its first case last month. If confirmed, the cases would mark the first instance of human-to-human H5N1 transmission in the country. At least one household member and six healthcare workers who encountered the index case-patient are being investigated after showing symptoms of viral infection.
Are You at Risk for Low Iron?

Sep 17, 2024 | experiencelife.lifetime.life | Stephanie Soucheray |Matthew Kadey |Chrystle Fiedler |Alexandra Smith

Anemia is the result of the body receiving too little iron for too long. “If you’re low on iron, the body will protect red blood cell production first,” says Malcolm Munro, MD, FRCSC, FACOG, a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of California, Los Angeles. This can have serious consequences for the entire body. “Iron is responsible for [many] enzymatic processes in the body, including those in [the] brain, the repair of DNA, and making liver enzymes,” Munro explains.
Avian Flu Virus Confirmed in Michigan Dairy Herd

Aug 26, 2024 | m.farms.com | Stephanie Soucheray

By Stephanie SoucherayHighly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus has been confirmed in a dairy herd in Van Buren County, Michigan—the nation's first detection for almost 2 weeks. The last detection in Michigan was on July 26, also in Van Buren County.