Breast density and mammograms: New FDA rule will ensure all women have more information after cancer screenings

The FDA’s rule change requires that all women in the US be informed about breast density and options for supplemental screening.

Tracy A. Battaglia, Associate Director of Cancer Care Equity, Yale Cancer Center, Yale University • conversation
Sept. 9, 2024 ~12 min

How Bad Are Ultraprocessed Foods?

VOA Learning English • voa
Sept. 9, 2024 ~7 min


FDA’s new regulations underscore the complexity around screening for women with dense breasts

The FDA’s rule change requires that all women in the US be informed about breast density and options for supplemental screening.

Tracy A. Battaglia, Associate Director of Cancer Care Equity, Yale Cancer Center, Yale University • conversation
Sept. 9, 2024 ~12 min

Yellow food dye can make living tissue transparent − these methods could one day improve cancer treatment, blood draws and even tattoo removal

New research demonstrates that the dye that gives nacho cheese its yellow-orange color can also make mouse skin see-through.

Guosong Hong, Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University • conversation
Sept. 5, 2024 ~8 min

Licking an ice lolly at school might make a good memory – but this isn’t the secret to learning science

If you stop to think about it, most of your knowledge can’t be clearly tied to one particular experience.

Jonathan Firth, Senior Teaching Fellow in Education, University of Strathclyde • conversation
Sept. 4, 2024 ~7 min

What’s behind high food prices?

Economists dig into the factors that cause food prices to fluctuate, noting that policies to reduce food costs likely have little impact.

Michael Malone-U. Miami • futurity
Sept. 4, 2024 ~6 min

There’s a big disconnect between beef eaters and pollution

People eating beef are less likely to live near the industry’s pollution, according to new research.

U. Pittsburgh • futurity
Sept. 4, 2024 ~6 min

COVID-19, flu and RSV shots − an epidemiologist explains why all three matter this fall

The summer 2024 COVID-19 wave is a good reminder that it’s important to get vaccinated with the updated shot.

Annette Regan, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, University of San Francisco • conversation
Aug. 30, 2024 ~8 min


Global timber supply threatened as climate change pushes cropland northwards

Climate change will move and reduce the land suitable for growing food and timber, putting the production of these two vital resources into direct competition,

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Aug. 29, 2024 ~6 min

Most food waste happens at home – new research reveals the best ways to reduce it

Most food waste happens at home - new research reveals the most effective ways to encourage people to reduce it.

Gulbanu Kaptan, Associate Professor in Behavioural Decision Making, University of Leeds • conversation
Aug. 28, 2024 ~5 min

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