The Cornell Chronicle is reporting that a new analysis of nearly 150,000 food and beverage products found that items bearing health-related claims are not consistently healthier than those without them, and are sometimes less nutritious.
It said the findings suggest that "healthy" labeling on packaged food can conceal lower nutritional quality.
The Chronicle also reported that researchers documented the first known case of Marfan syndrome in feline siblings.
In other research, the Chronicle said a study revealed how echo chambers form and what prevents them. It also reported that exercise may ease stress-related bladder pain and frequent urination, and that a new type of human jumping gene was found in a poxvirus.
The Chronicle said a report on the future of the American University charts a "bold path forward," and that agritourism is growing in New York state, from llamas to lavender.
It reported that Barbara Finlay, a psychology professor emerita, died at age 75.
The Chronicle also said Cornell's Kirsten Workman, a nutrient management and environmental sustainability specialist, explained on the Research Matters podcast how manure serves as a valuable nutrient package when it stays put but becomes a public health hazard when it does not.
Citing Newsweek, the Chronicle reported that Allen Carlson, an associate professor of government, said of the meeting this week between U.S. President Donald Trump and China President Xi Jinping: "Trump and his advisers are approaching this visit as if America won the last round in Beijing and will win again. It did not."