Author: Karen Kaplan
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Watch it live: NASA’s InSight spacecraft is about to blast off for Mars
NASA’s InSight spacecraft is about to blast off for Mars, and you can watch it live right here. InSight is scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in on California’s Central Coast as early as 4:05 a.m. Pacific time Saturday. As of Thursday afternoon, all systems were go, the space agency said. NASA…
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Hungry shoppers make unhealthy choices
Attention dieters: If you want to maximize your chances of success, don’t go to the grocery store on an empty stomach. So says a new JAMA Internal Medicine study from the Cornell University Food and Brand Lab, where researchers investigate “the psychology behind what people eat and how often they eat it.? The study authors…
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CDC: Breastfeeding on the rise in America
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Good news for babies: The number of mothers breastfeeding is rising across America. So says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in a new report. From 2000 to 2008, the proportion of mothers who…
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CDC: Breastfeeding on the rise in America
Good news for babies: The number of mothers breastfeeding is rising across America. So says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in a new report. From 2000 to 2008, the proportion of mothers who breastfed their infants rose from 70.3 percent to 74.6 percent. Even better, the proportion of mothers who were breastfeeding after…