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Jun 2026
Daily steps and less sitting associated with healthier pregnancies
Findings indicate that less sitting and more walking during pregnancy can reduce adverse outcomes, emphasizing the role of physical activity in maternal health.
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Jun 2026
How tobacco-style product design shaped a kids’ lunchbox staple
A historical case study shows how tobacco-style research, consumer testing, and product reformulation strategies helped shape and expand a child-focused ultra-processed meal brand. The paper argues that tobacco and ultra-processed food regulation should be studied together, as both sectors used similar product-design strategies to boost appeal and maintain consumer loyalty.
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Jun 2026
Cubis® III: Compliant weighing, direct integration, and scalable connectivity, without extra software
Sartorius launches Cubis® III, the latest innovation in its premium line of lab balances, delivering compliant, connected weighing without relying on extra software typically required to bridge instruments and lab systems.
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Jun 2026
Tobacco giants helped push ultra-processed foods into global markets
New research reveals how major tobacco companies used cigarette-era business tactics to expand packaged food empires, raising fresh questions about the global spread of ultra-processed and hyper-palatable foods.
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Jun 2026
Scientists discover new intracellular immune defense against infections
When we think of the immune system, most people imagine white blood cells putting up a fight against invading germs within our bloodstream.
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Jun 2026
Fatherhood linked to lower mortality risk among Black men
Fatherhood in Black men is associated with lower rates of all-cause mortality by middle age compared to nonfathers, according to the U.S.-based longitudinal study that enrolled Black and White individuals aged 18-30 years at baseline (1985-86).
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Jun 2026
EU-funded project launches digital campaign to explain climate-driven food safety threats
To mark World Food Safety Day on 7 June, the EU-funded HOLiFOOD project is launching a digital campaign with six European influencers to help consumers better understand how climate change may affect food safety, and how science can support earlier detection and prevention of emerging risks.
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Jun 2026
Rice-fish coculturing may reduce schistosomiasis and poverty
The chronic disease schistosomiasis wreaks havoc on more than 220 million people around the world, with the vast majority of cases being in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Jun 2026
NWSL and American Heart Association expand CPR awareness efforts
To raise awareness of CPR, the American Heart Association, a relentless force changing the future of health for everyone everywhere, and the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) today unveiled the 2026 Nation of Lifesavers NWSL Ambassador Class during National CPR and AED Awareness Week, held annually from June 1-7.
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Jun 2026
Partial social inclusion may harm immigrants' long-term health
There is a well-documented puzzle in social epidemiology: immigrants have better health than the native-born when they first arrive, but they lose this advantage at older ages.
