Should traditional health practices and treatments be patented and licensed? Especially when the manufacturer makes no significant alteration in the product? How one man fought a patent war over turmeric : Planet Money https://www.npr.org/2023/09/01/1197321273/turmeric-india-biopiracy-patent-tkdl
#healthandnutrition #scienceandsociety #indigenous

Global childhood immunizations improve and edge closer to pre-pandemic levels https://www.npr.org/2023/07/18/1188232006/after-a-historic-downturn-due-to-the-pandemic-childhood-immunizations-are-improv
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The ongoing argument about what we should include for health warnings: What to know about the sweetener aspartame and cancer. https://www.npr.org/2023/07/14/1187692366/aspartame-cancer-possibly-carcinogenic-sweetener  The WHO says aspartame has a cancer risk; the FDA says not so much. The finding is that the cancer risk kicks in for those consuming 11 cans of soft drinks a day with at least 200 mg each of aspartame; an amount so high that it would cause other significant problems long before it caused cancer. #healthandnutrition #scienceandsociety

Healthy humans need healthy oceans. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)01162-5/fulltext
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What happens if we recognize health is more than just a set of personal choices, but related to economic status? https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)00574-3/fulltext What would we have to change in social policy? #scienceandsociety #healthandnutrition

Lancet series on breastfeeding and infant formula:
Breastfeeding: crucially important, but increasingly challenged in a market-driven world
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)01932-8/fulltext
Marketing of commercial milk formula: a system to capture parents, communities, science, and policy
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)01931-6/fulltext
The political economy of infant and young child feeding: confronting corporate power, overcoming structural barriers, and accelerating progress
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)01933-X/fulltext
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WISCONSIN: Smoking down, vaping up. Is this a good thing? https://www.wpr.org/wisconsins-cigarette-sales-have-fallen-significantly-over-last-20-years #healthandnutrition