New approaches to birth control for men have been in the pipeline — and getting stuck there — for decades. Finally, a novel option seems to be making its way through. A hormonal birth control gel for men is in its fourth year of a worldwide clinical trial led by UC Davis Health and funded […]

Ultra-processed foods (UPF) may not be the recipe for disaster we’ve been led to believe, according to the 2025 U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC). The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) created the DGAC committee in January 2023, appointing 20 nutrition and public health experts […]

With five tiresome months to go before November, voters are already drained from the campaigns. Six in ten US adults (62%) report election fatigue, according to Pew Research. This is slightly higher than the study showed in the last two elections, with 59% of voters depleted by June and July of 2016 and 61% of […]

Tattoos have long been associated with a higher risk of Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and HIV, but lymphoma isn’t usually the first condition to spring to mind when discussing body art. Nevertheless, it’s a risk to be aware of, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden. Researchers suggest that tattoo ink can […]