Health
Do you live in America's fittest city? Experts rank best to worst
Want to get fit and stay fit? Arlington, Va., may be the city for you: For the fifth year in a row, it has been named the fittest city in America.
Jul 12, 2022
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News tagged with economic benefits
Diabetes
Disability payments can help keep veterans with diabetes out of the hospital
More disability payments led to fewer hospitalizations for Vietnam veterans with diabetes, according to a new report.
Jul 08, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Life satisfaction plummets among young Aussies during COVID
Young Australians have suffered the greatest drop in life satisfaction during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, new analysis from The Australian National University (ANU) shows.
Jul 07, 2022
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Health
How to maximize the results of wearable health devices
New research in the journal Management Science finds that people can achieve long-term health goals and establish healthy habits when coupling wearable health devices such as Fitbits with economic incentives.
Jun 27, 2022
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Genetics
Rapid whole genome sequencing improves diagnosis in critically ill infants on a national scale
Children who are born severely ill or who develop serious illness in the first few weeks of life are often difficult to diagnose, with considerable implications for their short and longer-term care. But whole genome sequencing ...
Jun 13, 2022
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Medications
Thalidomide is an effective treatment for abnormal blood vessel formations
The same property of thalidomide that caused birth defects when it was given to pregnant women—the inhibition of blood vessel formation (anti-angiogenesis)—has led to an interest in thalidomide's therapeutic utility in ...
Jun 10, 2022
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Health
Thailand makes marijuana legal, but smoking discouraged
Thailand made it legal to cultivate and possess marijuana as of Thursday, like a dream come true for an aging generation of pot smokers who recall the kick delivered by the legendary Thai Stick variety.
Jun 09, 2022
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Medical economics
Nearly 700,000 US hospitalizations and 110,000 deaths prevented from the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
The profound health and economic impact of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine during its first year of rollout in the US is described in detail in a new study in the peer-reviewed Journal of Medical Economics.
May 16, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers study the health of children whose parents migrate for work
Leaving your children behind to migrate for work is not an easy choice but is very often the case for families living in low- and middle-income countries. Researchers have found that although there may be financial benefits ...
May 10, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Eliminating hepatitis C in Pakistan could yield a return-on-investment of US$9.10 billion
Pakistan has one of the highest rates of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in the world, accounting for over ten percent of global HCV infections. A new modeling study led by the University of Bristol, UK, suggests that achieving ...
Oct 22, 2021
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