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In a six-month study, people with obesity who ate an avocado each day lowered their blood levels of “bad” cholesterol particles. Adding one avocado to a person’s daily diet may modestly improve a blood marker linked to heart disease. In a study of adults with obesity, researchers at the Penn State Department of Nutritional Sciences […]
Science word of the day: Abiotic Pronunciation: Ay-bye-AH’-tik What it means: Abiotic means “without living organisms.” Scientists typically use the term when referring to nonliving […]
In a new review paper, Dr. Gregory Marcus from the University of California, San Francisco and colleagues analyzed decades of research on how caffeine — […]
Science word of the day: Heliosphere Pronunciation: HEE’-lee-uhs-feer What it means: The heliosphere is the region around the sun that’s affected by the solar wind, […]