Omega-3 Fats Won't Help Prevent Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes develops when the body becomes resistant to insulin or the pancreas becomes unable to produce enough insulin. Though there is sometimes a genetic factor but it is overwhelmingly…
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Evolution From Single-celled Ancestors To Multi-celled Organisms, Now With Less Drama
The first animals evolved from their single-celled ancestors around 800 million years ago, but a new paper suggests that this leap was a lot less dramatic than scientists have assumed, because the…
New Claim Is That Weedkiller Glyphosate Causes Higher Phosphorus Levels Too
With a strange verdict by a jury in San Francisco, it became open season on glyphosate, a common weedkiller in use for generations. One new claim is that it leads to higher phosphorous levels.
Olympic Stomach Upsets -- Leaky Gut Symdrome?
A number of competitors at the Rio Olympics have reported stomach problems. Team GB officials have denied that athletes have fallen victim to food poisoning at the Olympic athletes' village in Rio,…