Alcohol use disorder can be treated with an array of medications – but few people have heard of them
Alcohol is responsible for more deaths than overdoses from opioids and all other substances combined, yet less than 10% of people with alcohol use disorder receive treatment.
Joseph P. Schacht, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus •
conversation
May 20, 2024 • ~12 min
May 20, 2024 • ~12 min
What is pasteurization? A dairy expert explains how it protects against foodborne illness, including avian flu
Before World War II, pathogens in milk accounted for 1 in 4 cases of foodborne diseases in the US. Pasteurization reduced this figure to less than 1%.
Kerry E. Kaylegian, Associate Research Professor of Food Science, Penn State •
conversation
May 17, 2024 • ~8 min
May 17, 2024 • ~8 min
Cassava: The perilous past and promising future of a toxic but nourishing crop
Cassava’s many assets would seem to make it the ideal crop, except for one drawback: It’s highly poisonous. Human ingenuity has made cassava edible for millennia.
Stephen Wooding, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Heritage Studies, University of California, Merced •
conversation
May 1, 2024 • ~11 min
May 1, 2024 • ~11 min
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