Despite an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in dairy cows, the popularity of raw milk has only risen. Advocates claim raw milk has superior health benefits over pasteurized milk. There is little evidence to support these claims, ...
Jun 20, 2024
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Health services struggle to provide affordable and nondiscriminatory health care to Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow whānau, according to the latest NZ Health Survey.
Jun 20, 2024
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On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending 50 years of federal protection of abortion rights in the U.S. and opening the door for states to craft their own bans.
Jun 20, 2024
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About 1 in 500 people have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). It's a condition where the heart muscle becomes abnormally thick. HCM is one of the most common causes of sudden death among young athletes and otherwise healthy ...
Jun 20, 2024
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Adults with a history of low back pain went nearly twice as long without a recurrence of their back pain if they walked regularly, a new study has found. The work appears in The Lancet.
Jun 19, 2024
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During hot weather—like the wave of 90-plus-degree days that Philly will experience this week—most of the public's attention is focused on skyrocketing outdoor temperatures that can cause serious medical complications ...
Jun 19, 2024
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Children who report being more empathetic are more likely to show signs of poorer health in the face of more interparental conflict than less empathetic children, according to a new study led by researchers in the Penn State ...
Jun 19, 2024
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The world is becoming clogged with plastic. Particles of plastic so tiny they cannot be seen with the naked eye have been found almost everywhere, from the oceans' depths to the mountain tops. They are in the soil, in plants, ...
Jun 19, 2024
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A healthy diet that adheres to nutrition recommendations is associated with better blood glucose levels and a lower risk of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows. This association ...
Jun 19, 2024
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The UK government's failure to fortify all flour and rice with the vitamin folic acid "will result in more deaths and birth defects every year that could have been prevented," argues Professor Sir Nicholas Wald in The BMJ ...
Jun 19, 2024
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