Read Online | August  30, 2025

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More than 73 percent of the U.S. food supply is ultra-processed. Learn how to decipher what’s really in your food—and how it affects you—so you can make healthier choices. (Read more)

• The top three concerns American parents have for kids’ health are social media, excessive screen time, and internet safety.
• Ketamine prescriptions for chronic pain have skyrocketed, but a major new scientific review finds no solid evidence the drug actually works.
• Acetaminophen use during pregnancy has been linked with a higher likelihood of a child developing autism spectrum disorder or ADHD.
• Respiratory syncytial virus vaccination initially provided strong protection to older adults, but its effectiveness dropped sharply within 19 months, researchers found.

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🏥 Health News

 A five-minute treatment with radio waves can temporarily restore the ability to smell roses or savor a morning cup of coffee, according to new research from South Korea.

“Our research introduces the concept of electroceuticals—using bioelectronic stimulation as therapy—as a new and promising approach in this field,” Yongwoo Jang, study author and professor with the Department of Pharmacology at Hanyang University in Seoul, told The Epoch Times.

The discovery could pave the way for new therapies to restore the sense of smell in people who have lost it—a condition called anosmia—due to aging, injury, or COVID-19. (More)

More Health News:

• Federal regulators have revoked emergency authorization for COVID-19 vaccines, according to documents made public on Aug. 27.
• U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Education Secretary Linda McMahon are calling on medical schools to provide nutrition education to medical students.
• People who first use cannabis for self-medication have a higher average rate of consumption, as well as increased anxiety, depression, and paranoia, according to a new study.

☀️ Mindset

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We’ve all had moments we can’t stop replaying—a careless comment, a choice that hurt someone, a silence when we should have spoken up.

For some people, those memories stay painfully vivid—the scene, the words, the look on someone’s face. They linger like fresh wounds, making self-forgiveness feel out of reach for years.

A recent psychology study published in the journal Self and Identity identified why some people remain trapped in cycles of self-blame while others find a way to forgive themselves and move forward.

The difference isn’t willpower or severity of the mistake—it starts with how people frame their experience and how they relate to what happened. (More)

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🍵 Food & Nutrition

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Before memory fades in Alzheimer’s disease, something else quietly vanishes: lithium.

A large, decades-long study shows that lithium, naturally obtained through diet, may be essential for brain health—with its deficiency potentially setting the stage for neurodegeneration.

Lithium is often linked to rechargeable batteries, but it has long been used in mood stabilizers and occurs naturally in foods.

“We were surprised by how central lithium appears to be—it affected so many aspects of Alzheimer’s,” senior researcher Dr. Bruce Yankner, a professor of genetics and neurology at Harvard Medical School, told The Epoch Times.

Yankner’s team found that lithium concentrations in the brain’s prefrontal cortex—central to memory and decision-making—drop by more than half in people with Alzheimer’s disease.

Restoring lithium to healthy levels, Yankner said, could become a way to prevent the disease before symptoms take hold. (Read more)

🏋️ Fitness

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The short, simple exercises linked below require only one weight, but as a whole, they can be quite challenging. The best part? You can do them whether you are new to exercise or more seasoned. Perform them long enough, and you will grow strong and capable. (Watch)

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