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An earworm is a song or song fragment that gets stuck in your head, on endless repeat, for a day or a week or more. According to the experts, about 90 percent of people experience one at least once a...
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Drinking habits, like just about everything else, vary from place to place, and some cocktails and other types of beverages are more closely identified with certain states than others. People have...
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Diet sodas are not the lesser evil; they are just as evil as regular soda, and some argue they are actually worse. Linking low- or zero-calorie soft drinks to specific illnesses is tricky, and...
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The British government has a plan to reduce binge drinking among its citizens: Mandate smaller wine glasses in restaurants. The government agency Public Health England, whose mission is “to protect...
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As many as a million Californians can’t drink the water that comes out of their tap. Most people have heard about the ongoing water crisis in Flint, Michigan, where civic cost-cutting measures...
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Source: ThinkstockIf you were told that coffee lowers your risk of suicide, would you believe it? A new report in the Harvard Gazette talked up a July study and the end result is that coffee might...
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California is the world’s fifth-largest producer of food and other agricultural commodities, and by far the largest in the U.S. It is also a place known for its entrepreneurial spirit and...
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A new report from researchers in the United Kingdom calls into question research studies used to declare aspartame-based products like Nutrasweet and Equal safe for general consumption.
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There are approximately 24,000 coffee shops across the nation and more than 50% of Americans over the age of 18 — more than 150 million people — drink coffee daily, according to a report...
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“Alcohol consumption is a heritable complex trait,” according to a paper published in the journal Nature Human Behavior in 2019. In other words, how much we drink is in our genes. The paper...
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The European Society of Endocrinology has just published a study about diabetes risks that soda manufacturers will not like.
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Suntory, the Japanese brewer, spent $13.6 billion to buy Beam, the maker of Jim Beam. In doing so, Suntory has moved further into a business that is as likely to be successful forever as almost...
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These soft drink companies are expected to gain from expansion into newer categories and adjacent categories.
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Human Genome Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: HGSI) is raising capital. The company announced the sale of $400 million in Convertible Senior Notes which will mature in 2018. These notes are convertible into...
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According to a recent Gallup poll, some 63% of American adults drink alcohol — and the favored beverage among them is beer. Some 42% of American drinkers prefer beer, compared to 34% who choose...
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