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A Chinese study including half a million people revealed that by eating fresh fruit every day, the risk of developing diabetes and other serious, sometimes deadly vascular complications decreases. Over 29 million people in the United States suffer from diabetes, with more than 1 million being diagnosed with the disease annually. There are two main types[…]

For the first time, a study has found strong evidence that the consumption of diet sodas, which contain artificial sweeteners, greatly increases the chances for having a stroke or developing dementia. For participants in the study, men and women equally, drinking one or more diet soda per day increased the risk of these fatal health[…]

Xbox One Controllers come with Burn Hazard   The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has released a recall on battery chargers used for Xbox One video game controllers. The affected model is called an Energizer Xbox One 2X Smart Charger. The product poses a burn injury to consumers because of a defect, which allows it[…]

In the fall of 2016, an adolescent treatment center in Philadelphia was closed after the death of a seventeen-year-old boy was ruled as a homicide. Reports of multiple sexual and physical assaults were not enough to shut the treatment facility, Wordsworth, down. Even among horrifying reports and allegations, the facility stayed open and received government[…]

Automaker Recalls Over Half of 2016 Vehicles   Tesla recently issued a large-scale recall of over two-thirds of the vehicles it manufactured in 2016. The recall includes all Model X and Model S electric cars manufactured between February and October 2016. In total, the company has recalled over 50,000 of its vehicles. In an official[…]