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An apple a day

A series exploring everyday health and wellbeing, with stories about food, products and lifestyle trends

13 December 2016

  • Scott Jurek

    Morning Routines – the making of long-distance runner Scott Jurek – video

    What ingredients are required to make an ultramarathon runner? In Boulder, Colorado, Scott Jurek has concocted quite the recipe that has kept him going the distance for the past two decades

12 December 2016

  • New York University nutrition professor Marion Nestle began informally tracking studies funded by food and beverage companies, as well as trade groups, in 2015. Her research uncovered 168 such studies in that year alone, and of those, 156 showed biased results that favored the sponsor’s interests

    Before you read another health study, check who's funding the research

    Food companies have a bad history of funding biased research to support their products. We took a look at a few egregious recent examples

10 December 2016

  • In this photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, Ashley Green trims a marijuana flower at the Pioneer Production and Processing marijuana growing facility in Arlington, Wash. Washington’s second-in-the-nation legal marijuana market opened last summer to a dearth of weed, with some stores periodically closed because they didn’t have pot to sell and prices were through the roof. Six months later, the equation has flipped, bringing serious growing pains to the new industry. Prices are starting to come down in the state’s licensed pot shops, but due to a glut, growers are struggling to sell their marijuana. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

    New medical marijuana research could greenlight more uses in treatment

    Though the US Drug Enforcement Agency hasn’t reclassified marijuana, easier availability of the drug for study has the potential to unearth new medical uses

28 November 2016

  • Fried breakfast, eggs and bacon

    How lobbyists made breakfast 'the most important meal of the day'

    We’ve tied all sorts of ills to a failure to sit down to a hearty breakfast. But research and history show that skipping our granola bowl does not, in fact, harm our health

18 November 2016

  • You may not know it, but most dry cleaning isn’t dry at all – and it isn’t clean.

    Can dry cleaning give you cancer? The hidden hazards of delicates

    Despite a 2012 EPA report finding that dry cleaning is a toxic process in the US, many Americans have no idea the way they clean their clothes is carcinogenic

12 November 2016

  • Farmworkers inside a drying barn take down newly-harvested marijuana plants after a drying period at Los Suenos Farms in Avondale, Colorado. On Tuesday, states with pro-marijuana ballot measures voted overwhelmingly in favor of legalization.

    Nervous about a Trump presidency? Me too. But at least I've got legal weed

    David Bienenstock
    Writer and cannabis consultant David Bienenstock reflects on a night of progressive marijuana legislation – in the face of regressive everything else

22 September 2016

  • Angelus Prayer<br>epa05534695 Nuns at St. Peter Square for the Angelus Prayer of Pope Francis (not pictured), Vatican City, 11 September 2016. EPA/GIUSEPPE LAMI

    Personality influences lifespan as much as socioeconomic status. Why is that?

    Anna Petherick
    A group of Wisconsin nuns in the 1930s proved that positive personality traits can add years to your life. Being disagreeable, on the other hand, can be deadly

20 September 2016

  • More than two-thirds of Americans’ drinking water supply has more chromium than the level that California scientists say is safe, according to a new report

    Chromium-6: 'Erin Brockovich' chemical threatens two-thirds of Americans

    ‘We simply can’t continue to survive with toxic drinking water,’ says Erin Brockovich, as a new report finds 200 million people exposed to chromium-6

7 September 2016

  • Caucasian woman loading laundry in dryer<br>FF0WGP Caucasian woman loading laundry in dryer

    Leading ocean advocacy groups join forces to tackle microfiber pollution

  • Doctor in scrubs using digital tablet in clinic<br>EJRT19 Doctor in scrubs using digital tablet in clinic

    Doctors lack experience and expertise in treating transgender patients, study says

31 August 2016

  • Magazine dining column on Fiola Mare<br>WASHINGTON, DC-May 21: Fresh seafood at Fiola Mare restaurant on the Georgetown Waterfront in Washington, DC. (Photo by Scott Suchman/For the Washington Post)

    Fish for dinner? Your seafood might come with a side of plastic

    Fish are “stuffing themselves” on plastic, but scientists are still trying to figure out what effect that might have on those of us who eat seafood
  • Model Skulls sit on shelf in the office of the Chief Medical Examiner of New York

    Brains and bone saws: a day with the chief medical examiner of New York City

    We spent a normal Wednesday in one of the busiest medical examiner offices in the country. It’s not homicide that brings most people in – it’s dying alone
  • New Yorkers Continue To Ride Subway Despite Terror Threat<br>NEW YORK - OCTOBER 9: Subway riders wait for a train on the platform at Union Square station October 9, 2005 in New York City. New Yorkers continued to ride the subway today, the date officials warned of a possible terror attack on the subway. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

    NYC subway exposes commuters to noise as loud as a jet engine

    We walked around New York with a decibel meter to determine just how dangerous city noise is

30 August 2016

  • Zoella aka Zoe Sugg, Britain - 2014<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by REX (4217960d) Zoe Sugg Zoella aka Zoe Sugg, Britain - 2014 Zoe Sugg - Zoella - an internet sensation who vlogs, blogs, tweets and instagrams.

    Can you treat anxiety with YouTube videos?

    With access to mental health treatment under increasing strain, experts weigh up the benefits of using the video platform to find relief from anxiety disorders

27 August 2016

  • A massive study shows that time on social networking sites correlates with lower levels of individual happiness, and more specifically, with a lower level of general trust in society

    The internet can harm your productivity by making you sad – here's what to do

  • A recent study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has raised fresh doubts about how Botox works in the body.

    Is Botox as safe as we think it is?

22 August 2016

  • 10189912.jpg close-up of woman in shower, washing her hair shampoo

    Wen Hair Care baldness suit signals need for toxin testing in beauty products

    A $26m settlement between Wen Hair Care and consumers who suffered hair loss calls attention to a regulatory gap in personal care products

31 July 2016

  • The impacts of parental divorce are often subtle and long lasting

    Divorce continues to take a psychological toll on kids

    Divorce rates are down, with marriages becoming more enduring in the last decade. But are we getting any better at managing the effect on children?

30 July 2016

  • A businessman working on a treadmill<br>BR342F A businessman working on a treadmill

    New study finds sitting down too much costs the world $67.5bn

  • Triclosan is an antibacterial compound used in soaps, detergent and toothpaste, as well as toys and plastics, but it might not be terribly good for you

    Your soap and toothpaste could be messing with your microbiome

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