Want to age like fine wine? Don’t turn up the heat! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Rising temperatures don’t just melt glaciers. They stress our bodies, specifically gut and immune systems. Heat also warms the ocean waters, which fuels growth of deadly waterborne bacteria.
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COVID-19 created uncertainty. Perhaps more than it should have. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Presented with accurate data about COVID cases, many remained skeptical. Even in quote-unquote “liberal California” people accused health officials of spreading misinformation! Enter Joshua Murillo and a team from multiple
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Scientists praise vitamin B-twelve. But what about B-one through eleven?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. B-twelve helps lower stroke risk. What do the other B vitamins do? Enter Xinge Zhang and team from the University of California, Irvine. They studied B-vitamins in the blood of
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Diet soda is just as healthy as water… right? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. We love soda, just not the sugar. Enter diet soda – a sugar-free option! But type two diabetes guidelines still recommend water. Does it actually matter? Andrew Odegaard and team
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