All posts tagged "HEALTH"
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137HEALTHThere’s a secret pollution source in 40 million homes. The U.S. may try to ban it.
For years, scientists and health advocates have tried to bring attention to a secret source of air pollution sitting in 40 million homes around...
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122HEALTHNew law aims at teen tobacco use
RENO, Nev. (KOLO) -It is one of the most troubling public health challenges. In spite of laws prohibiting the sales of tobacco...
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124HEALTHAs alcohol liver disease surges among younger people, a clinic has a new approach to treatment
By the time Austin Johnson was 29 his liver had been so damaged by heavy drinking that his doctors feared he would die. For...
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146HEALTHWhat It Means When Your Knees Itch
The urge to itch may seemingly come on at random, but sometimes we may find that certain parts of our body appear...
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128HEALTHWhat is gaslighting? Here’s what it is and how to respond to the behavior.
Merriam-Webster has announced “gaslighting” as the 2022 word of the year. Searches for the word increased 1,740% this year, the dictionary publisher says. Read...
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108HEALTHCalifornia seeks sterilization victims to pay reparations
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — About 600 people alive today can’t have children because California’s government sterilized them either against their will or...
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122HEALTHFour psychological tricks to help stick to your New Year’s resolutions
Every year, millions of people around the world make New Year’s resolutions. And every year, the great majority of us break and abandon those resolutions....
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132HEALTHEuropean Union offers free vaccines to China to address outbreak in the country
The European Union has offered China free vaccines against the COVID-19 virus to help the Asian country cope with the massive outbreak...
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126HEALTHChinese return to regular activities amid COVID surge
Some people in China’s key cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Wuhan are braving the cold and a spike in COVID-19 infections to...
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132HEALTHLocal COVID Hospitalizations Up As Case Numbers Slip Slightly; Flu Count Also Drops
San Diego County public health officials continue to urge residents to seek vaccinations for the flu and COVID-19 as numbers remain elevated. In the...
