Category: 5. Health
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5 Ways To Reduce Your Microplastics Exposure In The “Plasticene” Era
Emerging data shows that microplastics which have become ubiquitous in the environment are harmful … [+] to human health AFP via Getty Images Invisible plastic discarded long ago—water bottles, candy wrappers, and baby strollers—coats the planet. Plastic is everywhere: floating in the air, in the Mariana Trench deep in the ocean and on Mount Everest’s…
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U.S. Birth Rate Drops To New Low After Pandemic ‘Baby Bump’
Topline U.S. fertility rates in 2023 reached the lowest levels since records began, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday, returning to a longstanding trend of Americans having fewer babies after a temporary uplift during the Covid-19 pandemic as concerns grow over reproductive healthcare. U.S. birth rates fell again in 2023. getty…
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Report Finds 2023 Had Highest Food Recall Levels Since Start Of COVID-19 Pandemic
Topline Food recalls in 2023 reached the highest levels the U.S. has recorded since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, mainly driven by undisclosed allergens and listeria contamination, according to a new report released Thursday. Blurry interior of a grocery store aisle behind large red Recall text getty Key Facts Some 313 food recalls (impacting…
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Complacency Leading To Thousands Of U.K. Asthma Deaths, Charity Says
My chest is feeling so tight getty The number of people dying from asthma in the U.K. is rising, with hundreds “needlessly” passing from the disease every year, a charity has warned. Around 12,000 people died of asthma in the country over the last ten years, with the annual toll a quarter higher than it…
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Walgreens To Launch $24 Billion Business Dedicated To Specialty Pharmacy
Walgreens is launching Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy, a business that will integrate a new gene and … [+] cell services business with AllianceRx, the company said April 25, 2024. In this photo is a Walgreens store on April 02, 2019 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Getty Images Walgreens is launching Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy,…
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Chelsea Clinton Invests In 24/7 Pediatrics Startup
InnovationRx is your weekly digest of healthcare news. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here. The Summer Health board of directors (from L to R): Alfred Lin, Deena Shakir, Ellen DaSilva, Alyssa Jaffee, Chelsea Clinton. Summer Health The U.S. healthcare system is not set up to take care of a kid with a rash…
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Is Telepathy Possible? Perhaps, Due To New Technology
Digital Human Brain Covered with Networks getty This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece discusses advances in brain-machine interfaces. In 1999, I defined regenerative medicine as the collection of interventions that restore normal function to tissues and organs damaged by disease, injured by trauma, or worn…
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Pelvic exams at hospitals require written consent, new U.S. guidelines say
Hospitals must now get written consent to perform pelvic, breast, prostate and rectal exams on sedated patients or risk losing federal funding. Continue Reading News Source: www.sciencenews.org
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British Scientists Warn Weight-Loss Drug Might Harm Developing Babies
An Ozempic (semaglutide) injection pen is seen on a kitchen table in Riga, Latvia on 06 August, … [+] 2023. NurPhoto via Getty Images Using semaglutide as a fertility aid is risky and might cause harm during pregnancy, British scientists have warned. Anecdotal reports suggest that some women, including those with fertility issues, have unexpectedly…
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Nearsightedness is at epidemic levels – and the problem begins in childhood
Myopia, or the need for corrected vision to focus or see objects at a distance, has become a lot more common in recent decades. Some even consider myopia, also known as nearsightedness, an epidemic. Optometry researchers estimate that about half of the global population will need corrective lenses to offset myopia by 2050 if current…