Misuse of nitrous oxide as an inhalant to get high has long been a problem among teens and young … [+]
Category: 5. Health
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Yarden, Keith, Ofer receive tea, biscuits, and thiamine after release
The three released hostages on Saturday, Ofer Kalderon, Keith Siegel, and Yarden Bibas, received their initial nourishment following the extreme starvation they endured under Hamas captivity, as evidenced by their drastic weight loss seen…
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A Hard Lesson For Health Care Reformers From Horrific D.C. Plane Crash
A plane crash that early evidence suggests could have been prevented wasn’t; those trying to prevent … [+]
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Shocks To U.S. Foreign Aid Raise Urgent Questions About Lifesaving Aid
Community health worker Prossy Muyingo
Prossy Muyingo is worried. On Jan. 30, Uganda announced an Ebola outbreak following the death of a nurse in Kampala.
Muyingo is an award-winning community health worker who lives in Uganda’s…
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Medical Records Stolen As 1 Million Patients Hit By Healthcare Hack
Community Health Center discloses massive patient data breach.
With ransomware attacks reaching record numbers, and more than a billion stolen passwords for sale on the dark web, I’m constantly amazed that there aren’t more data…
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How The Federal Research Freeze Impacts Scientists And Startups
In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we explore the continuing saga of Butch and Suni, the impact of holds on federal research funding, growing heart cells in space and more. You can sign up to get The Prototype in your inbox here.
Butch…
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Always Anxious? Creativity’s The Cure, According To Book ‘Beyond Anxiety’
Martha Beck’s new book explores how creativity can act as an antidote to anxiety.
The Open Field
Author Martha Beck is not the first to suggest that creativity can lessen anxiety. Carl Jung claimed his psychotic patients could be cured through…
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Make-A-Wish Changing ‘impossible’ to ‘possible’
In a wide-ranging interview, the vivacious Bar-Aharon discusses how the Israeli branch of the worldwide Make-A-Wish Foundation came into being, how it operates, and how it truly creates new realities for the children whose wishes it…
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Most Viral Anti-Aging Techniques Aren’t Backed By Science; Here’s What Skin Experts Actually Recommend
A woman applies moisturizer.
Novel skin care routines and anti-aging experts are rampant these days on social media, especially with the rise of “skinfluencers.” The internet is home to some of the most viral trends— ranging from using…
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