Most Seventh Day Adventists are vegetarians and they do not smoke or drink. Research supports their vegetarianism. People who regularly consume red and processed meat had an 18% higher risk of mortality overall. The federal government has given Loma Linda University the Health Sciences University over $30 million for the Adventist health center.
Particulate matter is shortening lives and hobbling economies in the region. We ask how policy changes and international collaboration could mitigate the suffering as the pollution spreads. Our correspondent meets with two Russian men who, fearing being drafted, made a hair-raising journey by dinghy from their homeland’s far east. And why Seventh Day Adventists seem to live longer lives.
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