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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...
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...
Are There Any Prescription Eyelash Serums
Eyelashes have long been revered for their aesthetic appeal and role in framing the eyes. In recent years, the beauty industry has witnessed a surge in the demand for longer, fuller lashes. To cater to this demand, numerous cosmetic products have flooded the market,...
What Causes A Low Libido?
Human desire fluctuates due to a complex combination of physiologic, psychological, and environmental variables. But occasionally, people may struggle with a decreased libido, a condition that might elicit worries and inquiries about its underlying reasons. This...
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Watch: Patient Numbers at NIH Hospital Tumble After Trump Cuts
[embedded content] Government documents viewed by KFF Health News show a drop in patients receiving care this year at the National Institutes of Health’s renowned research hospital, a 200-bed facility at NIH headquarters in Maryland. We previously reported a decrease...
Affirmative Action Critics Refuse To Back Down in Fight Over Medical Bias Training
Critics of affirmative action have launched a long-shot appeal aimed at stopping California from requiring training on unconscious bias in every continuing medical education class. A July ruling by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld...
Climate Activists Cite Health Hazards in Bid To Stop Trump From ‘Unleashing’ Fossil Fuels
HELENA, Mont. — In 2023, a group of 16 young Montanans won a much-heralded climate change case that said the state had deprived them of a “clean and healthful environment,” a right enshrined in Montana’s constitution. Their victory in Held v. Montana, later upheld by...
Postcode lottery for new cancer treatments, doctors warn
5 hours agoShareSavePhilippa RoxbyHealth reporter andJim ReedHealth reporterShareSaveGetty ImagesSenior cancer doctors are warning that excessive red tape means some patients in England are struggling to access the latest cancer treatments. The Royal College of...
Fertility clinics must stop unproven treatments, watchdog warns
3 hours agoShareSaveSmitha MundasadHealth reporterShareSaveGetty ImagesBoth NHS and private fertility clinics must stop offering unproven treatments that don't help people have children, new official guidelines say. The draft guidance advises against several popular...
RFK Jr. Said ‘Everybody Can Get’ a Covid Vaccine. Is That True?
“Everybody can get” the covid-19 vaccine. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Sept. 4 in a Senate Finance Committee hearing When health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified before the Senate Finance Committee on Sept. 4, several senators criticized him for restricting the...
Lice Pose No Health Threat, Yet Some Parents Push Back on Rules To Allow Affected Kids in Class
Any evidence of lice was once a reason for immediate dismissal from school, not to return until the student’s head was lice-free. But what are known as “no-nit” policies have been dropped in favor of “nonexclusion” rules, prioritizing class time over any nuisance...
Trump’s Medicaid Cuts Were Aimed at ‘Able-Bodied Adults.’ Hospitals Say Kids Will Be Hurt.
Republicans insist that President Donald Trump’s cuts to Medicaid were aimed at reducing fraud and getting more of its adult beneficiaries into jobs. But the side effects may include less care for sick kids. Some children’s hospitals collectively stand to lose...
Rise in number of people facing hunger in the UK
A third of children under five are living in UK homes where there is not enough access to healthy and nutritious food, according to anti-poverty charity Trussell Trust.Surveys by the charity found more than 14 million people in the UK faced the prospect of going...
More children are obese than underweight, says Unicef
5 hours agoShareSaveDominic HughesGlobal Health correspondentShareSaveGetty ImagesFor the first time, there are more children in the world who are obese than underweight, according to a major study by children's charity Unicef.Around one in 10 of those aged between...
Alzheimer’s blood test could ‘revolutionise’ diagnosis
5 hours agoShareSaveFergus WalshMedical Editor, BBC NewsShareSaveGetty ImagesMore than 1,000 people across the UK with suspected dementia are to be offered a blood test for Alzheimer's disease which it is hoped could revolutionise diagnosis of the disease.The blood...
Best and worst-performing NHS Trusts in England named
3 hours agoShareSaveHugh PymHealth editor, BBC NewsShareSaveGetty ImagesNew league tables rating the performance of NHS trusts in England have been published for the first time, with specialist hospitals taking the top slots.Number one is Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS...