Europe

Traditional Mexican food has health benefits

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The intake of phenolic compounds (PCI) from traditional Mexican food positively affects health conditions and supports the hypothesis that specific nutritional foods have a particular effect on certain diseases, according to researchers from the Institute of Sciences of the Benemrita Autonomous University of Puebla (BUAP), Puebla, Mexico. Their study, published in the journal foods, is … Read more

Xylazine: rotting zombie drug kills first in Europe

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The first UK death linked to the zombie drug xylazine raises concerns about the shifting origin of opioid supplies in Europe. A 43-year-old man in the UK has become Europe’s first known victim of xylazine, a rotting zombie drug, a powerful tranquilizer commonly used by vets on large animals that recently made its way onto … Read more