Meat mystery: lack of labels on cloned beef and pork undermines public buy-in - University of Alberta

Researchers examined millions of NHS health records to investigate how ethnicity relates to rare disease prevalence and why recorded COVID-19 infections differ between communities. Study: Prevalence of 406 rare diseases by ethnicity and recorded COVID-19 infection rates among 62.5 million people in England. Image Credit: vetre / Shutterstock

For dec­ades, dis­in­form­a­tion has thrived, even at the highest levels of gov­ern­ment. Some of its con­sequences are well doc­u­mented in the sci­entif­ic lit­er­at­ure. For example, it is known that expos­ure to mis­in­form­a­tion dur­ing the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic con­trib­uted to increased vac­cine hes­it­ancy among a seg­ment of the pub­lic1,2. A recent review shows that con­spir­acy the­or­ies pro­mote the rejec­tion of cli­mate sci­ence3. This art­icle has also been pub­lished in our magazine 3.14 « Sci­ence under sus­pi­cion ». Down­load it here.

IntroductionDepression and anxiety outcomesEffects on reward-related and behavioral disordersWhy study findings differEffects in severe mental illnessSafety concerns and adverse psychiatric signalsLimitations of current evidenceReferences Medicines that change appetite also influence brain circuits that govern emotion and reward, raising questions about their role in psychiatric care.