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New York, NY (December 11, 2024) A new study by researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai reveals that prenatal exposure to environmental chemicals and endocrine disruptors […]

Fructose consumption has increased considerably over the past five decades, largely due to the widespread use of high-fructose corn syrup as a sweetener in beverages and ultra-processed foods. New research

Arsenic occurs naturally and is found in groundwater in Texas and elsewhere. Getty Images New research findings from the Texas A&M University School of Public Health indicate that exposure to even low levels of

Professor Jun-Yan Liu as a postdoctoral fellow in the Bruce Hammock lab, UC Davis. This image was taken in 2010. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) Consuming too much added sugar

Over the last 20 years, vast advancements in the field of biotechnology have led to the development of a research approach called multi-omics, which looks at multiple layers of biological

A first-of-its-kind study has measured the toxicity of several types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), better known as “forever chemicals,” when mixed together in the environment and in the

Research led by the Keck School of Medicine of USC has shown that levels of “forever chemicals” in the blood are linked with disruptions to a fundamental pillar of health

“Our findings were highly sex-specific,” said Wang. In women, researchers identified an association with longer QRS duration, or contraction of the ventricles, and dysfunction of the electrical impulses of the