The July 4 floods in Kerr County, Texas, sent shockwaves across the country. Now that most of the victims’ burials are over, the weight of grief is just beginning for loved ones left behind. It’s the daily devastation of an upended world…
Category: 5. Health
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More Evidence Your Doctor’s Working Harder Than Ever
Physician productivity continues to rise as doctors see heavier workloads in part due to a shortage of medical care providers and an influx of patients following the end of the Covid-19 pandemic. The latest evidence of this trend is a report from…
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The hidden mental health danger in today’s high-THC cannabis
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- Date:
- August 12, 2025
- Source:
- Canadian Medical Association Journal
- Summary:
- THC levels in cannabis have soared in recent years,…
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Stopping menopausal hormones may require more bone monitoring
Women who have just stopped menopausal hormone therapy might have a small increased risk of bone fractures compared with those who never took these medications.
A review of women’s health records revealed an association between an…
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A New Chapter For Diabetes—and Regenerative Medicine
Mouse pancreatic islet visualised using immunofluorescent microscopy. — Colours: red = insulin antibody, blue = DAPI = nuclei, green unspecific anti-mouse secondary antibody (stains mostly intercellular matrix) Dimension: real width 326µm…
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Why This NIH Center Matters
UNITED STATES – MAY 10: Activists hold signs during rally outside the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, on Saturday, May 10, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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Twenty-five…
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Scientists detect virus traces in blood that may unlock long COVID’s mystery
Researchers from the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), part of City of Hope, and the Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center have identified a potential biomarker for long COVID.
If the findings…
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The sugar substitute sucralose makes immunotherapy less effective
Patients with certain types of cancers who consume sucralose, found in the artificial sweetener Splenda, respond worse to immunotherapy compared with those who don’t, researchers report July 30 in Cancer Discovery. But supplementing…
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US has slashed global vaccine funding – if philanthropy fills the gap, there could be some trade-offs
The U.S. government is relaxing federal vaccine requirements and cutting vaccine research and development funding here at home. Elsewhere, it’s going even further.
The Trump administration has stopped funding Gavi, a global initiative…
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The Simple Habit That Can Deflate America’s $7T Health Tab
Conscious care means PCP first. Urgent care next. ER only when it’s truly urgent.
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Spoiler alert: You — not Congress — may be the most powerful cost‑containment tool in U.S. medicine. National health spending is projected to surge…
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