A Texas Crackdown on Hidden Chemical Treatments Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is celebrating what he calls a major victory for shoppers who pay premium prices for organic food and expect it to remain true to its label. After launching an investigation in January 2026, Paxton secured a legally binding settlement with Albertsons Safeway LLC that will stop the company from misting organic produce with synthetic antimicrobial pesticides in Texas stores. The controversy centers on...
Americans are surrounded by stories of gun violence. Every day there are headlines about school shootings, mass killings, neighborhood shootings, domestic violence, and suicides involving firearms. Television coverage loops dramatic footage. Social media feeds replay the same stories endlessly. Smartphones make it nearly impossible to escape. Researchers are increasingly warning...
For decades, overweight Americans have heard the same message from doctors, nutritionists, and diet books: lose weight slowly. The logic seemed simple. A gradual approach would supposedly help people build lasting habits and avoid the dreaded rebound effect where pounds quickly return. But new research presented at the 2026 European Congress on Obesity in Istanbul is challenging that long accepted belief and suggesting something surprising. Faster weight loss may actually produce better long term results....
Americans are surrounded by stories of gun violence. Every day there are headlines about school shootings, mass killings, neighborhood shootings, domestic violence, and suicides involving firearms. Television coverage loops dramatic footage. Social media feeds replay the same stories endlessly. Smartphones make it nearly impossible to escape. Researchers are increasingly warning that this constant exposure is taking a serious toll on the nation’s mental health. A growing body of research now suggests that repeatedly consuming news...
A new form of brain stimulation that requires no surgery is offering fresh hope to people living with Parkinson’s disease. Researchers say the technique, called transcranial temporal interference stimulation, or TIs, may be able to improve movement problems by stimulating deep regions of the brain from outside the skull. Early...