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Dangerous Roads in California
According to the National Safety Council, tens of thousands of people die in traffic-related crashes and accidents every year. A high number of related fatalities in California often cause the state to rank on lists about the nation's most dangerous roads. The...
Modesto Car Accident Study
A recent study analyzed the car accidents in the city of Modesto and the surrounding cities in Stanislaus County. The findings give in sight to the most dangerous days and times to drive in the Modesto area. They also serve as a warning to all drivers. Traffic...
Causes of Increase in US Pedestrian Accidents
Since 2010, pedestrian deaths are up 77% according to the Governors Highway Safety Association data. Why did over 7,500 people die while walking or jogging on a roadway last year? Every day, on average, 20 Americans walk along a roadway and are killed by a vehicle. In...
Why It’s So Hard to Change Our Habits
X Reasons Why We Find It So Hard to Change Habits If you've done something a certain way your entire life, it will be incredibly difficult for you to change your pattern of behavior around it. This ranges from directly harmful habits, like routinely consuming harmful...
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A walk-in fishermen’s clinic saved me from sepsis – and could transform the NHS
7 hours agoShareSaveShareSaveBBCTom Parker was working alone three miles (4.8km) off the Devon coast when his fishing boat hit a wave and lurched to one side."I was pulling one of the ropes and I slipped and fell," he says. "I had this really, really bad pain in my...
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Kennedy Cancels Vaccine Funding
The Host Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s announcement that the federal government will cancel nearly $500 million in mRNA research funding is unnerving not only for those who develop vaccines, but also for public health experts who see the...
Daily weight loss pill could help patients lose 12% of body weight
Trials of a daily obesity pill have shown it can help patients lose around 12% of their body weight over 72 weeks. The manufacturer, Eli Lilly, says the drug, which is not yet licensed, could be available next year.The daily pill, called orforglipron, works by...
Patient Numbers at NIH Hospital Have Plummeted Under Trump, Jeopardizing Care
National Institutes of Health workers provide interventional radiology services to a patient at the NIH Clinical Center in 2008. (National Institutes of Health/CC BY-NC 2.0) The number of people receiving treatment at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center...
Watch: Millions of Americans Live Where Telehealth Is Out of Reach
[embedded content] As the federal government reworks rules for a $42 billion broadband expansion program, millions of Americans live in places where there aren’t enough health care providers and internet speeds aren’t good enough for telehealth. A KFF Health News...
Extra-strong nicotine pouches packaged like children’s sweets
45 minutes agoShareSaveKatie McEvinneyBBC DisclosureShareSaveBBCExtra-strong nicotine products designed to appeal to children – including some which have ripped off the logos of popular sweet brands – are being openly sold in shops, BBC Scotland has found.A Disclosure...
I have complex PTSD but waiting list means I’ve only seen psychiatrist once in 10 years
6 hours agoShareSaveChloe Hayward & Hugh PymBBC NewsShareSaveAmyAs a child, Amy was often violently attacked. At 15, she was threatened with a knife. Now diagnosed with complex PTSD, she's spent over a decade isolated at home with her mum, desperately seeking help....
Licences needed for Botox clinics in cosmetics crackdown
6 hours agoShareSavePhilippa RoxbyHealth reporterShareSaveGetty ImagesThe government has announced plans to crack down on dodgy cosmetic practitioners who it says are exploiting people and causing harm.Under the new proposals, only qualified health professionals will...
Could RFK Jr’s move to pull mRNA vaccine funding be a huge miscalculation?
3 hours agoShareSaveJames GallagherShareSaveGetty ImagesmRNA vaccines were heralded as a medical marvel that saved lives during the Covid pandemic, but now the US is pulling back from researching them.US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has cancelled 22 projects -...
Union and government to restart talks on ending doctor dispute
59 minutes agoShareSaveShareSavePress AssociationThe government and the British Medical Association will restart talks in the coming days to end the long-running resident doctor dispute in England.It comes after BMA leaders met Health Secretary Wes Streeting on...
Congress Looks To Ease Restrictions on Veterans’ Use of Non-VA Clinics and Hospitals
WATERLOO, Iowa — John-Paul Sager appreciates the care he has received at Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics, but he thinks it should be easier for veterans like him to use their benefits elsewhere. Sager, a Marine Corps and Army veteran, uses his VA...
RFK Jr cancels $500m in mRNA vaccine development in the US
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to cancel $500m (£376m) in funding for mRNA vaccines being developed to counter viruses like the flu and Covid-19. The move will impact 22 projects being led by major pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer...