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Pandas’ diets may be sabotaging their sex lives and they should be fed a more ‘wild’ diet, says new study | Science & Tech News
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Pandas are not good at reproducing, especially when they are held in captivity. Now, their poo may help scientists understand why. Lots of animals struggle to mate in captivity. Cheetahs, polar bears, certain leopards and giant pandas all find it difficult to reproduce. Pandas, however, have it particularly hard. Females only ovulate once a year…
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Almost one in 10 adolescents have taken diet pills, supplements, or other weight loss products, new study finds | World News
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More than one in 20 adolescents have taken non-prescription weight loss products, like diet pills or laxatives, in the past year, according to a new global study. Among the general adolescent population, this rose to nearly one in 10 teenage children that had taken the diet aids in their lifetime, the study found, with girls…
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Aspartame labelled a ‘potential cancer risk’ – so how many cans of Diet Coke are safe to drink? | UK News
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Aspartame, a sweetener commonly found in diet drinks and chewing gum, has been declared a potential cancer risk by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The sweetener has been listed as “possibly carcinogenic to humans”. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the WHO’s cancer research arm, said there was “limited evidence” aspartame caused cancer…
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Artificial sweetener found in diet soft drinks ‘has unexpected effect on immune system’, study finds | UK News
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A study into an artificial sweetener commonly used in hot drinks and found in diet soft drinks has uncovered an “unexpected effect on the immune system”, scientists say. Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute in London found that consuming a high amount of sucralose lowers activation of T cells – a type of white blood…