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Since President-elect Donald Trump tapped Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) last week, there has been a heightened focus on Kennedy’s initiative to «Make America Healthy Again» (MAHA).
One of Kennedy’s widely reported goals has been to reduce kids’ consumption of ultraprocessed foods.
«We have a generation of kids who are swimming around in a toxic soup right now,» Kennedy previously told Fox News. «We’re letting these industries corrupt our agencies and mass poison them.»
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Dr. Marc Siegel, senior medical analyst for Fox News, joined «Fox & Friends» on Monday to discuss the HHS Secretary nominee’s plans to reduce ultraprocessed foods, which have been shown to make up 73% of the country’s food supply.
One of the biggest dangers associated with the current food supply is food dyes, Siegel said.
«Food coloring is a problem,» he said. «Red Dye No. 3 has been banned in Europe. They..

A mother and daughter are sharing how and why people think they're sisters.
California native Kelly Cantu, 40, and her daughter Madison, 20, claim they're often mistaken for being sisters.
Kelly Cantu said she was just 20 years old when she had her daughter — and was excited to have her very own «mini me,» as Jam Press reported.
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That wasn't just wishful thinking, the outlet noted.
As the daughter grew, the similarities between the two started to show.
Eventually, when young Madison turned 13 and mom Kelly was only 33, people started asking if the two of them were sisters.
«She was in high school when it started,» Kelly Cantu, a content creator, told What's the Jam.
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«It would happen when I was picking her up. I was constantly being mistaken for her sister or another student,» she said.
«We both found it v..

That time of year is almost here: the time to start pondering what to buy your loved ones for Christmas.
As the years go by, ideas can run thin, and finding that perfect gift can be a challenge.
If anyone you are shopping for this holiday season loves spending time in the gym, working out at home, playing a sport or training for an athletic event, consider buying them something revolving around their love for fitness this December.
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Check out these 20 gift ideas for the fitness guru in your life.
A frequent gym goer needs a place to carry all of their stuff.
A gym bag will keep everything nice and organized during their workout.
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You could always go classic with a sturdy duffle bag, or you could go for a more unique look and gift a trendy tote bag instead.
Backpacks are also great for taking to the gym.
Another gym staple is a shaker bottle.
Many have pre-workout dri..

Cases of so-called «walking pneumonia» are spiking across the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has alerted.
The highly contagious infection has primarily affected young children, according to the same source.
Between March 31 and Oct. 5 of this year, the percentage of cases grew from 1% to 7.2% among children ages 2 to 4, and from 3.6% to 7.4% among those ages 5 to 17, the agency stated.
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Fox News Digital spoke on camera with Dr. Marc Siegel, senior medical analyst for Fox News, about what people should know about this condition.
Also known as «atypical pneumonia,» walking pneumonia is a «mild lung infection,» as defined by Cleveland Clinic. It tends to feel like a bad cold or the flu.
Typically caused by bacteria, viruses or mold exposure, the condition causes swelling in the airways and fluid in the lungs.
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Ozempic, Wegovy and other GLP-1 drugs have been shown to curb alcohol effects, a new study suggests.
Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1) agonists — which contain either semaglutide or liraglutide — are prescribed to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity, but previous studies have shown that people report decreased alcohol consumption when taking them.
In a new study by the University of Eastern Finland and Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, researchers found that people with alcohol use disorder (AUD) were less likely to be hospitalized for alcohol or substance abuse-related conditions.
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The researchers analyzed decades of data from 228,000 people in Sweden who had AUD, ranging in age from 16 to 64, according to a press release.
For participants who had AUD, obesity and type 2 diabetes, the use of GLP-1 medications was linked to «substantially decreased risk of hospitalization due to AUD,» the researchers wrote.
Patients taki..

Online e-cigarette and vape retailers are under fire for not complying with sales restrictions.
Regulations are in place to help prevent the sale of vape products to minors, including age verification, shipping methods and flavor restrictions.
Researchers at the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at University of California San Diego put those regulations to the test.
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The study, published in JAMA last week, suggested that some retailers are not following these guidelines.
Researchers asked 16 people to purchase flavored vapes online and have them delivered to their homes in San Diego County.
Out of the 156 attempted transactions, 73% were processed and 67% of orders were delivered.
Sales restrictions on flavored tobacco have been enacted in eight U.S. states and 392 cities or counties as of March 21, 2024, according to UC San Diego.
Some restrictions on online transactions..

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has reported the first known U.S. case of an emerging strain of the mpox virus, according to a CDPH release Saturday.
The case of «clade I mpox» was identified in a traveler recently returned from Africa, where this strain is actively circulating. Officials with the CDPH have emphasized that the risk to the public remains «very low.»
The individual, who sought medical care in San Mateo County due to their travel history to East Africa and symptoms, is in isolation at home.
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The clade I mpox, historically associated with more severe illness than clade II — the strain responsible for outbreaks in California and the U.S. since 2022 — has shown milder clinical presentations in recent cases as long as patients receive medical care.
CDPH has informed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the case, and specimens from the patient are being sent for further laborato..

Virtual reality isn’t just for video games.
Some nursing students in St. Louis are using it to practice high-tech training without the need for real patients.
Goldfarb School of Nursing has integrated VR into its curriculum to give students a chance to hone skills in a different way.
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As the demand for nurses continues to rise — McKinsey & Company projects a shortage of 200,000 to 450,000 nurses next year — this technology is helping future health care workers prepare more effectively and efficiently.
Katie Jett, program director at Goldfarb, said virtual reality not only helps students with clinical skills but also makes learning more engaging.
«It's the new way that people connect and communicate, and that can be offputting to someone who is older, because that's not the way that we connected,» Jett told Fox News.
«But when you think about how people are connecting, how adolescents a..

A breast cancer vaccine could be closer to reality, according to Cleveland Clinic, as its researchers have announced some encouraging results.
At the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer earlier this month in Texas, researchers shared updated findings from a study of a new vaccine designed to target triple-negative breast cancer, a press release stated.
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a highly aggressive type of breast cancer, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS).
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TNBC grows and spreads faster than less aggressive types and is more difficult to treat.
The breast cancer vaccine that Cleveland Clinic is studying is the first that aims to prevent triple-negative breast cancer from developing, according to G. Thomas Budd, M.D., principal investigator of the phase 1 study at Cleveland Clinic’s Cancer Institute.
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The vacci..

Dave Coulier, 65, announced on Tuesday that he has stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
The actor and comedian, best known for his role as Joey Gladstone in «Full House» from 1987 to 1995, said he was diagnosed in October after experiencing an upper respiratory infection caused by major swelling in his lymph nodes.
«Three days later, my doctors called me back, and they said, ‘We wish we had better news for you, but you have non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and it's called B cell, and it's very aggressive,'» he told People.
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Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (also known as non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, NHL or lymphoma) is a blood cancer that originates in the white blood cells (lymphocytes) that are part of the body’s immune system, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS).
Every year, more than 80,000 Americans are diagnosed with NHL.
«Non-Hodgkin lymphomas are a diverse group of white blood cell cancers that ca..