Health and Healthcare
Healthcare varies substantially by state based on dozens of factors. The same is valid for cities. Some of this is due to the availability of medical facilities. Some have to do with health habits....
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We all experience stress. Healthy stress, bad stress, stress we inflict on ourselves. Stress is a part of life, and learning to deal with it is a core aspect of our human experience. There are whole...
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There were 21,345 deaths due to complications of medical and surgical care in the U.S. from 2018 to 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. These are deaths to patients...
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COVID-19, which was first diagnosed in America in January 2020, hit the country hard in March of the same year. In the first few months, over 2,000 people died on many days. Another wave of deaths,...
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Emergency rooms have become the front door of America’s hospitals. They not only take care of people who are ill or injured. Many people who are admitted to hospitals go to emergency rooms first....
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The CDC has struggled to measure and decide who is fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Most recently, it includes people who have received the 2023/2024 updates from Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, or...
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Exercise is supposed to be good for you. Aerobic exercise should be better. It is assumed that people who exercise often–say an hour a day–are even healthier than those who exercise lightly....
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A recent analysis reveals why longevity is greatest in Japan. The United States ranks in the bottom half among all nations.
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A recent analysis reveals how much sleep most adults need in a day. Here's why some need less.
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A recent analysis reveals that residents of this southern state receive the worst health care.
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On October 10, the FDA announced that dozens of regulated products sold at Family Dollar stores were being recalled.
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A recent analysis reveals that the doctors most likely to burn out are those who work in emergency rooms.
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A recent analysis reveals that the death toll from COVID-19 could be 2 million this year.
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Weight-loss drugs are expected to affect earnings at consumer staples companies. A personal story offers a perspective on how the drugs take a toll on people.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issues safety alerts as needed to provide timely new safety information on human drugs, medical devices, vaccines, and other products, including biologics,...
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