The American South has the highest HIV rates in the country, accounting for more than half of new HIV diagnoses nationwide in 2023. This is despite growing availability of a highly effective HIV prevention medication that has made it…
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Zombies, jiangshi, draugrs, revenants − monster lore is filled with metaphors for public health
Imagine a city street at dusk, silent save for the rising sound of a collective guttural moan. Suddenly, a horde of ragged, bloodied creatures appear, their feet shuffling along the pavement, their hollow eyes locked on fleeing figures…
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Signs That AI Eases The Pain Of Loneliness But Distracts From The Cure
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Earlier this year, Forbes.com released a report about concerns for many young adults who are having parasocial relationships with anthropomorphized AI. Anthropomorphized AI includes chatbots that give the…
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Kiwi, rye bread, mineral water help chronic constipation
Kiwi, rye bread, mineral water help chronic constipation | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Health & WellnessChronic constipation affects 20% of Americans, causing 2.5M doctor visits yearly, prompting analysis of 75 trials for evidence-based…
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Google Cloud And Color Health Partner To Expand Breast Cancer Screening Access
Per the American Cancer Society, the five-year survival rate for breast cancer, if found and treated early in the localized stage, is 99%.
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Color Health announced today that it will be forging a partnership with Google Cloud to increase access…
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The simple action that may reduce the risk of heart disease
The simple action that may reduce the risk of heart disease | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Health & Wellness/Health and Wellness Around the WorldDonating blood is extremely important, both in times of war and in everyday life. But it turns…
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How A High-Tech Chair Could Revolutionize Cancer Radiation Therapy
“Particularly in the early days, people said, ‘This is just a rotating chair,’ and ‘Why has nobody thought of this before?’ But often the simplest ideas are the best.”
The old way of…
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Chikungunya back in U.S. after 6 years, CDC confirms case
Chikungunya back in U.S. after 6 years, CDC confirms case | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Health & WellnessIt is the first mainland United States transmission in a decade, and officials say the chance of further spread is very low as mosquito…
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UChicago Medicine Leans Into AI Agents To Address Health Care Needs
AI Agents at UChicago Medicine
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UChicago Medicine is putting AI in the front lines to change how patients reach help. Today, human agents answer millions of calls. Many ask for directions, refills, or a basic schedule tweak. The process is…
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Why These Grandparents Are Speaking Out On Vaccines
Teri Mills, her husband, and their grandkids.
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Teri Mills still vividly remembers the paper cups with the sugar cubes.
In the U.S. in the early 1960s, one way to administer the oral polio vaccine was dropping it onto sugar. Mills was one…
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