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How a new app could help people eat more fruits and vegetables

Health

Researchers recently released the new “SMART 5-A-DAY” food tracking app to help people increase their intake of fruit and vegetables. A pilot study of the app found that it may lead to modest increases in fruit and vegetable consumption. The researchers hope the app will equip users with knowledge that encourages more fruit and vegetable consumption.Regular consumption of fruits and vegetables may help reduce the risk of developing certain health conditions.Despite government guidelines to increase fruit and vegetable intake worldwide, consumption in Europe, the United States, and across the globe remains low. Recently, researchers from the University of Bournemouth released…

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Stem cell transplants may delay disability

Health

About 2.8 million people globally live with multiple sclerosis (MS).Two-thirds of people with MS move to a worsened state of the disease called secondary progressive MS. Researchers from the University of Genoa found hematopoietic stem cell transplants help delay disability longer in people with active secondary progressive MS than some MS medications. About 2.8 million people worldwide live with multiple sclerosis (MS) — a chronic neurological disease affecting the body’s central nervous system. There are four types of MS, including secondary progressive MS. This is a later stage of MS where a person’s symptoms steadily worsen over time, potentially causing…

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Fed officials see higher rates for ‘some time’ ahead

Finance

WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve officials are committed to fighting inflation and expect higher interest rates to remain in place until more progress is made, according to minutes released Wednesday from the central bank’s December meeting.At a meeting where policymakers raised their key interest rate another half a percentage point, they expressed the importance of keeping restrictive policy in place while inflation holds unacceptably high.”Participants generally observed that a restrictive policy stance would need to be maintained until the incoming data provided confidence that inflation was on a sustained downward path to 2 percent, which was likely to take some time,”…

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Quadrantid meteor shower peaks as moon creates poor viewing conditions

Science

The Quadrantid meteor shower, the first of the year and one of the best displays, was peaking Wednesday morning amid a bright moon and cloudy weather conditions. The full moon will occur on Friday, bringing bright moonlight in the days ahead. According to Space.com, the moon’s shine has made it hard to see all but the very brightest meteors this year, which are most visible before the break of dawn. Another obstacle is active weather this week over much of the U.S.WALTER CUNNINGHAM, LAST SURVIVING NASA APOLLO 7 ASTRONAUT, DIES AT 90: ‘TRUE HERO’FOX Weather reported Tuesday that parts of western Texas could…

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