The Los Angeles area wildfires are producing large amount of smoke as can be seen on January 10, … [+]
As wildfires continue to rage in the Los Angeles…
Category: 5. Health
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How To Protect Yourself Against Wildfire Smoke
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Walgreens Pharmacy Strength Throws Cold Water On Private Equity Deal
The improving retail pharmacy business of Walgreens Boots Alliance and comments from the company’s … [+]
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The crisis of mental illness, teen suicides among Israel’s youth
Israelis are a resilient people. Despite Oct. 7, sirens, terror attacks, harrowing red alerts with missiles flying overhead, and COVID isolation, which all took tolls on our well-being, somehow we are still going about our lives, fighting,…
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AI could transform health care, but will it live up to the hype?
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S.A. Shah et al. Use of artificial intelligence–based detection of diabetic retinopathy in the US. JAMA Ophthalmology. Vol. 142, December 2024, p. 1171. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2024.4493.
R. Amin et al. Immune digital twin…
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Withings Goes Big On Heart Health Inc Cardiologist Check-Up Service
Withings Vision BPM
Withings is known primarily as a smartwatch maker, but its latest releases dig much deeper into the topic of cardiovascular health.
At CES 2025, Withings announced both a blood pressure monitor and a new…
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Is ‘Mom Brain’ Real? Studies Say Yes
A recent study mapped the maternal brain from preconception through the crucial two years … [+]
“Mom brain,” that foggy, forgetful state…
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Study Suggests AI Tools Decrease Critical Thinking Skills
In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at how too much reliance on AI assistants could make it harder to think, a company building bioengineered arteries, the role viruses play in Alzheimer’s and more. You can sign up to get The…
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With more Americans able to access legalized marijuana, fewer are picking up prescriptions for anti-anxiety medications – new research
In states where both medical and recreational marijuana are legal, fewer patients are filling prescriptions for medications used to treat anxiety. That is the key finding of my recent study, published in the journal JAMA Network Open.
I am…
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Even 1 drink a day elevates your cancer risk – an expert on how alcohol affects the body breaks down a new government report
Many people use the new year to reflect on their relationship with alcohol. Just-released government guidelines are giving Americans another reason to consider a “dry January.”
Over the past few decades, mounting scientific evidence…
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Jimmy Carter Fought To End Guinea Worm Infection
Children collect daily family water needs from new boreholes, which supply filtered water free of … [+]
This week, the world celebrated the life and…
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