“Safe and sustainable.” That’s what Oxitec, a British biological pest control company, calls its genetically modified (GM) or genetically engineered (GE) mosquito pesticide product. The company claims its product is nontoxic to humans and animals and won’t harm beneficial insects such as bees and butterflies. The experiment’s goal is to test the use of GE…
Potential Adverse Effects of GE Mosquitoes Unknown
April 17, 2022
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This Mindful Eating Plan Aims to Boost Brain Health
By Gretchen McKay Pittsburgh Post-Gazette PITTSBURGH — Laura Ali has helped countless clients fine-tune their diets to promote healthy eating habits in her three decades as a registered dietitian and culinary nutritionist, 16 of them in a clinical setting at the Cancer Institute at UPMC, now Hillman Cancer Institute. Good nutrition is a cornerstone of…
CDC Reviews Polices, Biden Admin Extends EUA, Vaccine Injuries Reach Over 1.2 Million
VAERS data released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention included a total of 1,226,314 reports of adverse events from all age groups following COVID vaccines, including 26,976 deaths and 219,865 serious injuries between Dec. 14, 2020, and April 8, 2022. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today released new data…
More Than 1 Million COVID Vaccine Injuries, Nearly 27,000 Deaths Reported to VAERS, CDC Data Show
VAERS data released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention included a total of 1,226,314 reports of adverse events from all age groups following COVID vaccines, including 26,976 deaths and 219,865 serious injuries between Dec. 14, 2020, and April 8, 2022. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today released new data…
Social Media Use Lowers Life Satisfaction in Adolescents
Girls and boys may be more vulnerable to the negative effects of social media use during specific windows of their adolescence, researchers found after a large longitudinal study. The new study, published in Nature Communications, analyzed two datasets of 84,000 participants aged 10 to 80 years old. Tracking the same individuals over the course of…
Gretchen’s Table: Thai-Inspired, Crispy Shrimp Lettuce Wraps
Gretchen McKay Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Spring brings with it a bounty of fresh greens, including tender baby lettuces and good-for-you crunchy carrots. For a quick and easy dish, I love to use both in Thai-inspired lettuce wraps. Packed with protein but also low in fat and calories, these wraps are perfect for seafood lovers who might…
Dear Next Generation: Life Is Wonderful
I heard one time that life is like a coin. We can spend it any way we want, but we can spend it only once. If life is like a coin, it must, like a coin, have two sides. How could it have two sides? Well, the answer is that life has many sides. It…
12 Ways to Save Money on Organic Foods
Buying organic foods isn’t just for the health-obsessed few. Eight out of ten households purchase organic products at least occasionally and the organics sector continues to grow. Purchasing organic items is also easier than it used to be, since they are now available in nearly 20,000 natural food stores and nearly three out of four…
Engaging Pursuits for Later Life
If you’re a Type A competitive person, the word “hobby” may give you hives. And you probably don’t like the word “pastime,” either. But as we get older—especially after our children are out of the house and we’re either retired or considering retirement—we all need engaging pursuits to keep us happy and healthy. The best…
Spring-Clean Finances With Some Automation
April 17, 2022
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Automating financial tasks sounds like the perfect way to check mundane items like saving and paying bills off your to-do list with minimal effort. But there’s a potential downside to giving up manual control. When you automate bills, you may be less likely to review them and notice errors, or to catch yourself overspending. When…
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