Food cravings
Dieters who are serious about losing weight should do one thing first: Clean out the fridge. Writing in the journal Obesity, researchers from Louisiana…
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Cinnamon and blood sugar
Researchers are studying the spice cinnamon to see if it helps control blood sugar, as folk treatments suggest. A review of 11 trials of cinnamon…
Cure for type 1 diabetes? New business aims at trials
A new startup company has raised $114 million to develop a treatment for type 1 diabetes. Semma Therapeutics will use the new funding to begin human…
100 years of insulin treatments save countless lives
The disease diabetes has been identified for thousands of years, but only in the last 100 has there been a truly life-saving treatment: Insulin. Insulin…
New Year’s Resolutions: Break out into something new
So, everyone resolves to lose weight and stop procrastinating. Why stick with the obvious? Here are some resolutions that will make 2018 a little more…
Future of Braille remains uncertain in the computerized world
In 2018, smartphones may increasingly become the eyes of the blind. After all, smartphones can read text, take voice commands, create text from voice for…
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Nutcrackers have originsdeep in human history Nuts have been a staple of the human diet for millennia and where there are nuts, so there are also…
The nut that is never sold in a shell
It may never have crossed your mind: In the bags of mixed nuts in the shell, none of the nuts are cashews. In fact, cashews are never sold in the shell –…
Holiday weight gain? Not as bad as one would think
People gain weight during the holidays, but not as much as they think, according to dietitian Cynthia Sass. Sass points to a 2009 study from Texas Tech…
New looks for Christmas trees
The centerpiece of many homes in December, the Christmas tree is often decorated with sentimental ornaments and a style beloved by each family. If you…