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During World War II, sugar was scarce and everyone made do with less. Turns out, sugar rationing might have shielded an entire generation from diabetes and hypertension. The latest research suggests ...

Researchers estimated the long-term cardiovascular effects of sugar rationing in the United Kingdom dating back to World War II. Early life during this period of restricted sugar intake was tied to ...

Rationing ended in September 1953. The researchers used contemporary data from the U.K. Biobank, a database of medical histories and genetic, lifestyle and other disease risk factors, to study the ...

When Wandsworth Prison opened in south-west London in 1851, its Victorian architects thought it was fit for 1,000 inmates. Today it hosts 1,600. The conditions are worse than Dickensian: cells ...

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BD is seeing a shortage of its blood culture vials used to support a wide array of infectious disease diagnostics, and the FDA is urging healthcare providers to ration their current supplies and ...

During World War II, the United States and Britain underwent extreme food rationing, where many food staples were prioritized for soldiers first, and the general public second. In Britain, some foods ...

Children who experienced sugar restrictions during their first 1,000 days after conception had up to 35% lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes and as much as 20% less risk of hypertension as adults ...