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The University of Florida Tropical Research and Education Center is in the heart of the tropical and subtropical fruit and vegetable industries, and the ornamental plant industry. For 90 years it has served as an agricultural research unit of the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS). On December 4, an open house invites community and media to engage with the science.

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Keywords: UF IFAS, Tropical Research and Education Center, crop breeding, fruit and vegetable crop breeding, industrial hemp, Agriculture, Scientists, Plant Pathology, Open House, Faculty, Jack Payne, University Of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences

Carteret Health Care and Mayo Clinic announced Nov. 21 that Carteret Health Care has joined the Mayo Clinic Care Network. Carteret Health Care is the first facility in North Carolina to become a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network, a group of carefully vetted, independent health care systems that have special access to Mayo Clinic's knowledge and expertise.

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Keywords: Mayo Clinic, Mayo Clinic Care Network, Ryan Uitti, Dick Brvenik, Carteret Health Care

New research suggests that low-calorie sweeteners cause only modest changes in blood sugar, insulin levels, insulin sensitivity and weight gain, as compared to those induced by sugar. The study is published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology—Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology.

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Keywords: Physiology, low-calorie sweeteners, Saccharin, Weight Gain, Blood Sugar, sugar-sweetened beverages

“Bioplastics—a better option for the environment?” is a compilation of information about bioplastics. These alternative plastics have become more popular, and as it turns out, they’re effectively still the same as petroleum-based plastic, according to Dr. McGuire’s document.

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Keywords: Bioplastics, Bioplastic, Plastic, environmental considerations, Biodegradable, compostable

According to a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, published by Elsevier, the share of children and adolescents consuming sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and the calories they consume from SSBs declined significantly between 2003 and 2014.

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Researchers from Tohoku University, Hokkaido University, JAMSTEC, and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center investigated meteorites and found ribose and other sugars.

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Six tips for avoiding holiday headache triggers from Houston Methodist neurologist Bing Liao, M.D., M.Sc.

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Keywords: Holiday, Holiday Advice, Holiday Anxiety, Holiday Season, Holiday Season Stress, Holiday Stress, Headache, headache causes, headache specialist, headache trigger points, holiday headache, Holiday Health, Holiday Health Tips

Two-thirds (68%) of Indigenous people living off reserve in Canada have excellent mental health, according to a nationally representative study conducted by the University of Toronto and Algoma University.

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