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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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As Sports Betting Explodes, States Try To Set Limits To Stop Gambling Addiction
It isn’t easy to promote moderation and financial discipline from the bowels of a casino. But that’s what Massachusetts state workers try to do every day, amid the clanging bells and flashing lights of the slot machines. At the MGM Springfield in western...
Doctors Muffled as Florida Moves To End Decades of Childhood Vaccination Mandates
SARASOTA, Fla. — Florida plans to end nearly a half-century of required childhood immunizations against diseases that have killed and maimed millions of children. Many critics of the decision, including doctors, are afraid to speak up against it. With the support of...
NHS needs £3bn to cover strikes, redundancies and drug costs, say health leaders
Health leaders are warning that NHS services and jobs in England will have to be cut unless up to £3bn more in funding is allocated to cover unexpected costs. The NHS Confederation and NHS Providers, representing trusts and other health organisations, said in a joint...
We will not ‘be held to ransom’ by striking doctors, says minister
19 hours agoShareSaveAmy WalkerShareSaveBBCThe government will not "be held to ransom" by striking doctors, Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said.A five-day walkout by resident doctors is due to take place between 14-19 November, in a long-running dispute over...
Parents urged to vaccinate children over half-term as flu cases rise
Parents are being urged to get their children vaccinated against flu over half-term as the NHS warned of rising cases of the disease.There is an early flu season, health officials say, and the latest data for England showed cases and hospitalisations were...
Mum is first UK patient to trial new MS treatment
2 hours agoShareSaveLouise ParryShareSaveLucy North/PA MediaA biology teacher and mother-of-two has become the first UK patient to receive a "gamechanger" therapy to treat multiple sclerosis (MS).Emily Henders, 37, from Bushey, Hertfordshire, was treated at University...
Listen: Amid Shutdown Stalemate, Families Brace for SNAP Cuts and Paycheck Limbo
Listen: Health care has been at the heart of the federal government’s shutdown. KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner appeared on WAMU’s Oct. 22 “Health Hub” to explain the health care compromises some lawmakers want before they will agree to...
GOP Talking Point Holds ACA Is Haunted by ‘Phantom’ Enrollees, but the Devil’s in the Data
The idea that Affordable Care Act marketplaces are riddled with fraud has become a major talking point among Republicans, as lawmakers in Congress argue about whether to extend the enhanced tax credits that are helping offset the cost of health care marketplace...
Reports of OCD among under-25s triple in 10 years
7 hours agoShareSaveNat Wright,health producer and Sophie Hutchinson,health correspondent ShareSaveBBCThe number of 16-24 year olds in England reporting symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD, has more than tripled in a decade, BBC analysis of NHS data has...
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Nutrition Programs Face Their Own Shutdown
The Host Health programs are feeling the pinch of the ongoing government shutdown. Funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, and the food program for women, infants, and children, WIC, is likely to run out in November, and cuts at the Centers...
Resident doctors announce five-day strike in November
The British Medical Association has announced a fresh round of strikes in England after talks broke down again with the government.The union and government have been in dialogue throughout the summer and early autumn since the last walkout at the end of July.But the...
CQC chief resigns over maternity failings
Sir Julian Hartley, Chief Executive the Care Quality Commission which is the independent regulator of all health and adult social care services in England, has resigned. The announcement comes just days after an independent inquiry into maternity care at the Leeds...