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Most Distracted Drivers in the US
Getting behind the wheel of a car and driving off into the sunset is one of life's most fulfilling treasures. Operating a vehicle gives you an enormous sense of freedom because you aren't constrained by the limitations and schedules of others and don't have to be at...
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...
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Opioid Settlement Money Pays for Services To Battle Addiction in Rural Kentucky
WHITESBURG, Ky. — Drugs and the consequences of addiction are woven into the fabric of Jamie Madden’s life. Her earliest memory is of standing on the passenger seat of her dad’s car as a toddler, wearing a peach-colored blouse, while he drove from their Kentucky home...
Obesity cases rising fastest in young adults
Getty ImagesNick TriggleHealth correspondent6 hours agoNew cases of obesity are rising fastest in younger adults in England, a study suggests.Rates of new diagnoses for people in their 30s were nearly 20% higher in 2024-25 than they were in 2019-20, according to the...
Even in Blue States, Hospitals Have Continued To Drop Gender-Affirming Care for Youths
One afternoon in late 2024, a sixth-grader nicknamed Bug came home from school with an announcement to make. Bug, who was assigned female at birth, told his parents he was a boy — and would be using he/him pronouns. “OK, cool,” his mother, J, remembered saying. (J...
Want to feel happier at work? Take a five-minute walk
Getty Images/SolStockMichelle RobertsDigital health editor6 hours agoWhether it's responding to emails or taking video calls, so much of office life revolves around being planted on a chair.But the habit is damaging our health. Prolonged sitting can increase the risk...
Medicare’s AI Push Snarls Patients and Doctors in Errors and Delays
Bill Curry, 65, raises cattle on the same land in rural Oklahoma once owned by his father and generations before him. Each quarter, for several years, he has made the 2½-hour drive to Oklahoma City for an epidural in his spine to treat his back pain. But this year,...
Worried About Your Aging Parents? Welcome to the Caregiving Club
Copy Cara Anthony tries to convince her HealthQ co-host Blake Farmer that there are benefits to embracing the caregiver identity when helping an aging parent. (Candice Evers for WPLN and KFF Health News) When his father was diagnosed with gallbladder cancer in 2025,...
First drug to delay onset of type 1 diabetes made available on NHS
Family photoJim ReedHealth reporter23 June 2026, 00:44 BSTThe first drug that can delay the onset of type 1 diabetes is being made available on the NHS in England and Wales.Teplizumab is a form of immunotherapy that can give people three extra years before they...
Puberty blocker trial will help reduce harm, says Cass report author
"But for me, following the clinical advice, basing future decisions on clinical evidence, is the right way to move forward in the context of me having received the most robust assurances about the safeguards which are in place to protect young people involved in this...
Indiana Takes On Powerful Hospitals by Capping Prices They Charge Employers
Tired of watching its employers struggle to afford the cost of healthcare, Republican-controlled Indiana is trying a traditionally liberal tactic to control costs: setting government price controls on hospitals. Under a law enacted last year, five of Indiana’s largest...
Try These Tips When You Can’t Afford Your Rx
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Jeremy Clarkson in remission from prostate cancer
The presenter shared his "aggressive" cancer diagnosis on an episode of Clarkson's Farm earlier this week. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source
Minimum age of 11 set for UK puberty blocker trial
Professor of Health Care Law at UCL, Prof Sir Jonathan Montgomery, said: "Legal proceedings are expected to provide further scrutiny" of the trial, adding: "If there are legal issues that the regulators have overlooked, then it is in everyone's interests that these...