Sandee LaMotte

Articles by Sandee LaMotte

If you use disinfectants to clean, you’re not getting the job done - CNN

Health August 12, 2026

Youre cutting raw chicken when the juices spread across the board, possibly carrying salmonella, a bacterium that can make you and your family seriously sick. You grab a well-known disinfectant, quicοΏ½...

A lab mystery sparks concern over popular germ-killing chemicals - CNN

Health August 8, 2026

When mice at Patricia Hunts lab at Washington State University began losing fetuses with devastating birth defects facial deformities and missing hindquarters or failed to reproduce at all, Hunt immeοΏ½...

Ultraprocessed foods are turning human thighs into well-marbled steaks - CNN

Health April 15, 2026

The image looks like a slice of highly marbled flesh, reminiscent of a high-end steak with abundant fine-grained streaks of fat. But thats not dinner. Its an MRI scan of the thigh of a 62-year-old woοΏ½...

Combining small changes in diet, exercise and sleep may extend life - CNN

Health January 15, 2026

Small changes in diet, exercise and sleep may extend life by a year when put into practice together, while making larger changes could provide more than nine additional years of life, according to a οΏ½...

I write about ultraprocessed foods, yet I still can’t tell you how to avoid them. Here’s why - CNN

Health December 15, 2025

As I push my cart into my favorite grocery store, I stop and look at the shoppers my neighbors around me. Do they realize that nearly 70% of the food available to purchase for their families is ultraοΏ½...