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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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How is your hospital doing as NHS battles to bring down waiting times?
7 hours agoShareSaveDaniel WainwrightData journalist, BBC VerifyShareSaveGetty ImagesNick TriggleShareSaveDoctors and patient groups warn that the NHS in England is facing an uphill struggle on the government's number one NHS priority – improving hospital waiting...
Drug for rare disease brings ‘joy and hope’
7 hours agoShareSaveFergus WalshMedical EditorShareSaveBBCA teenager from Norfolk has become the first patient in Europe to be given a newly licensed treatment which could potentially cure her life-threatening, inherited disorder.Mary Catchpole, 19, lost her mother,...
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Live From Aspen — Governors and an HHS Secretary Sound Off
The Host It’s not exactly news that our nation’s health care system is only a “system” in the most generous sense of the word and that no one entity is really in charge of it. Notwithstanding, there are some specific responsibilities that belong to the federal...
Weight loss jabs study begins after reports of pancreas issues
A study into potential serious side effects of weight loss jabs has been launched after hundreds of people reported problems with their pancreas. The Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and Genomics England are asking people on weight loss drugs who have...
At Some Federal Beaches, Surf’s Up but the Lifeguard Chair’s Empty
Wild horses roam a beach on Assateague Island on June 30, 2015.(Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images) CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. — When Azania Lane-Majestic arrived at the beach with her family, her initial excitement gave way to concern. No lifeguards could be seen...
Dual Threats From Trump and GOP Imperil Nursing Homes and Their Foreign-Born Workers
In a top-rated nursing home in Alexandria, Virginia, the Rev. Donald Goodness is cared for by nurses and aides from various parts of Africa. One of them, Jackline Conteh, a naturalized citizen and nurse assistant from Sierra Leone, bathes and helps dress him most days...
Womb lining test offers miscarriage hope to women
6 hours agoShareSavePhilippa RoxbyHealth ReporterShareSaveCharlie BeattieUK scientists say they have developed a test which can help identify women with an abnormal womb lining that increases their risk of miscarriage.They say their work could pave the way for new...
Ransomware attack contributed to patient’s death
1 hour agoShareSaveJess WarrenBBC NewsShareSaveEPAThe death of one person has been linked to a ransomware attack on NHS blood services at London hospitals and GP surgeries last June.King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust confirmed that one patient had "died...
What RFK Jr. Isn’t Talking About: How To Make Vaccines Safer
Within an hour of receiving a covid vaccination in November 2020, Utah preschool teacher Brianne Dressen felt pins and needles through her arms and legs. In the medical odyssey that followed, she suffered double vision, chronic nausea, brain fog, and profound...
California’s Much-Touted IVF Law May Be Delayed Until 2026, Leaving Many in the Lurch
California lawmakers are poised to delay the state’s much-ballyhooed new law mandating in vitro fertilization insurance coverage for millions, set to take effect July 1. Gov. Gavin Newsom has asked lawmakers to push the implementation date to January 2026, leaving...
Watchdog ‘acted irrationally’ over gender clinic, court told
The High Court has heard claims that the health regulator, the Care Quality Commission, "acted irrationally" when it registered England's first private clinic offering gender treatment to under-18s. The case, brought by a former nurse and a mother who wishes to remain...
5 Takeaways From Health Insurers’ New Pledge To Improve Prior Authorization
Nearly seven months after the fatal shooting of an insurance CEO in New York drew widespread attention to health insurers’ practice of denying or delaying doctor-ordered care, the largest U.S. insurers agreed Monday to streamline their often cumbersome preapproval...