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[ad_1] The World Health Organization has declared aspartame, a common artificial sweetener used in thousands of products , to be "possibly carcinogenic to humans" — while also noting that "safety is not a major concern" in the quantities people would normally consume. WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer, or IARC, categorized the sweetener in Group 2B on the basis of "limited evidence for cancer in humans," specifically for hepatocellular carcinoma, a type of liver cancer, according to a news release. "Cancer is one of the leading causes of death globally. Every year, 1 in 6 people die from cancer. Science is continuously expanding to assess the possible initiating or facilitating factors of cancer, in the hope of reducing these numbers and the human toll," Dr. Francesco Branca, director of the department of nutrition and food safety at WHO, said in a statement Thursday. "The assessments of aspartame have indic

[ad_1] Balance of Nature says it has resumed selling and shipping its dietary supplements, following a court-ordered pause of its operations earlier this month over concerns raised by the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA had asked a federal judge to block the two Utah-based companies behind Balance of Nature – Evig LLC and Premium Productions LLC – from the market in October.  At the time, the agency cited "repeated violations of manufacturing requirements," unfounded claims by the brand in marketing its products and concerns that Balance of Nature supplements may not actually contain what they claimed to. Now Balance of Nature says it has been able to resume "normal operations and shipping timelines" ahead of the holiday season, despite "soaring demand" for their products. "We extend our sincere gratitude to our customers for their patience and continuous support, and we remain committed to delivering t

[ad_1] Paris CNN  —  Impromptu protests broke out in Paris and across several French cities Thursday evening following a move by the government to force through reforms of the pension system that will push up the retirement age from 62 to 64. While the proposed reforms of France’s cherished pensions system were already controversial, it was the manner in which the bill was approved – sidestepping a vote in the country’s lower house, where President Emmanuel Macron’s party crucially lacks an outright majority – that arguably sparked the most anger. And that fury is widespread in France. Figures from pollster IFOP show that 83% of young adults (18-24) and 78% of those aged over 35 found the government’s manner of passing the bill “unjustified.” Even among pro-Macron voters – those who voted for him in the first round of last year’s presidential election, before a runoff with hi

[ad_1] After he was paralyzed by polio at age 6, Paul Alexander was confined for much of his life to a yellow iron lung that kept him alive. He was not expected to survive after that diagnosis, and even when he beat those odds, his life was mostly constrained by a machine in which he could not move. But the toll of living in an iron lung with polio did not stop Mr. Alexander from going to college, getting a law degree and practicing law for more than 30 years. As a boy, he taught himself to breathe for minutes and later hours at a time, but he had to use the machine every day of his life. He died on Monday at 78, according to a statement by his brother, Philip Alexander, on social media . He was one of the last few people in the United States living inside an iron lung, which works by rhythmically changing air pressure in the chamber to force air in and out of the lungs. And in the final weeks of his life, he drew a following on TikTok by sharing what it had been like to live so l

[ad_1] For a bloodthirsty, global health threat, the African malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae, has surprisingly discriminating taste. It prefers feeding on humans to other animals, is more attracted to some people than others and even then appears to have a particular predilection for feet. “Despite being quite tiny, the African malaria mosquito has a very powerful sense of smell,” Conor McMeniman , a vector biologist at Johns Hopkins University, said. “And it also can be quite choosy.” Scientists have spent decades trying to decode the chemistry of mosquito attraction, working to identify precisely which odors they are drawn to and why some people are mosquito magnets. To explore such questions, researchers have often released the insects into small laboratory wind tunnels stocked with used socks or sweat-coated glass beads. But Dr. McMeniman wanted to better replicate the way that the mosquito selects its targets in the real world. “We really wanted to create a spacious sor

[ad_1] The exams were held on April 16, 2023. The Services Selection Board of the Ministry of Defence called the shortlisted candidates for interviews. The National Defence Academy and Naval Academy examination results (NDA & NA 2023) have been released by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). The final results for NDA NA Exam 1, 2023 can be downloaded by all those who appeared for it from UPSC’s official website — upsc.gov.in. A total of 628 students passed the aforementioned exam, according to the results. The Services Selection Board of the Ministry of Defence called the shortlisted candidates for interviews. This is for admission to the Army, Navy, and Air Force wings of the National Defence Academy for the 151st course and the Naval Academy for the 113th Indian Naval Academy Course (INAC). The commission administered the UPSC NDA NA 1 2023 exam on April 16. The Ministry of Defence’s official website has information about when these courses will start. The commission

[ad_1] King Charles has just been put on blast for acting in an ‘astounding and unwise’ way  King Charles' gestures with Prince Andrew are ‘astounding and unwise' Experts have just bashed King Charles for the decisions he’s made about Prince Andrew, now that names are also being released, relating to Jeffrey Epstein. All of this has been questioned by royal commentator Richard Kay. He weighed in on things in a most recent piece for the Daily Mail. The expert started by saying, “With the benefit of hindsight would the King have agreed to include Prince Andrew in the Royal Family's Christmas parade at Sandringham?” “At the time this fraternal decision seemed a typically Christian one from Charles. Ten days later as toxic new revelations about the Duke of York's sleazy behavior emerge from unsealed court documents in New York, the gesture seems not just astounding but possibly unwise.” “What is all the more baffling is that the royals cannot hide behind the sugge