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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...
How Health Systems Leaders Use Strategic Planning And Marketing In Healthcare Systems
Operating a healthcare facility is complicated. Without careful planning, problems can arise that impact the quality of care offered. Health systems leaders use a variety of tools and tactics to ensure that operations are well-managed and streamlined. Good planning...
Autism Is a Spectrum: Here’s What That Really Means
What Do People Mean When They Say Autism Is a Spectrum? Autism is a relatively common developmental disability that most of us are at least somewhat familiar with. In the past couple of decades, experts have begun to refer to autism as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD),...
Occupational Hazards: The Industries Most Affected by Mesothelioma
Which Industries Have Been Most Affected by Mesothelioma? Mesothelioma is a frustrating and deadly disease that impacts thousands of people every year. And the more we learn about the causal factors of the disease and its relationship with asbestos, the more it...
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Dr Xand: Five easy food swaps to improve your gut health
13 hours agoShareSaveDr XandMorning Live doctorShareSaveBBC and GettyScroll through social media or glance at the supermarket shelves and you'll see endless products claiming to improve your gut health.It seems everyone's talking about looking after their microbiome -...
LED mask ads banned over acne and rosacea claims
13 hours agoShareSaveJennifer MeierhansBusiness reporterShareSaveGetty ImagesA number of adverts for LED face masks have been banned for making unauthorised claims they can improve acne and rosacea.The popularity of at-home beauty devices has surged in recent years...
Vapers overtake smokers for first time in Britain
For the first time in Great Britain, there are more over-16s using vapes or e-cigarettes than smoking cigarettes, according to the Office for National Statistics.Some 5.4 million adults use vapes daily or occasionally, compared with 4.9 million using cigarettes, an...
Congressional Stalemate Creates Chaos for Obamacare Shoppers
This year’s Obamacare open enrollment period, which started Nov. 1 in most states, is full of uncertainty and confusion for the more than 24 million people who buy health insurance through the federal and state Affordable Care Act marketplaces. Even with sign-up...
Louisiana Took Months To Sound Alarm After Two Babies Died in Whooping Cough Outbreak
When there’s an outbreak of a vaccine-preventable disease, state health officials typically take certain steps to alert residents and issue public updates about the growing threat. That’s standard practice, public health and infectious disease experts told KFF Health...
Trump’s HHS Orders State Medicaid Programs To Help Find Undocumented Immigrants
The Trump administration has ordered states to investigate certain individuals enrolled in Medicaid to determine whether they are ineligible because of their immigration status, with five states reporting they’ve together received more than 170,000 names — an...
Sock Hops and Concerts: How Some Places Spent Opioid Settlement Cash
Officials in Irvington, New Jersey, had an idea. To raise awareness about the dangers of opioid use and addiction, the township could host concerts with popular R&B artists like Q Parker and Musiq Soulchild. It spent more than $600,000 in 2023 and 2024 to pay for the...
From Narcan to Gun Silencers, Opioid Settlement Cash Pays Law Enforcement Tabs
In the heart of Appalachia, law enforcement is often seen as being on the front line of the addiction crisis. Bre Dolan, a 35-year-old resident of Hardy County, West Virginia, understands why. Throughout her childhood, when her dad had addiction and mental health...
Firms ordered to reduce forever chemicals in drinking water sources for 6 million people
Water companies have been ordered to tackle potentially harmful levels of so-called forever chemicals in drinking water sources for more than six million people, the BBC can reveal.Forever chemicals, or PFAS, are a group of thousands of substances used in everyday...
Private baby scan clinics ‘putting expectant mothers at risk’
13 hours agoShareSaveJim ReedHealth reporterShareSaveGetty ImagesSome high-street clinics are putting lives at risk by allowing unqualified non-specialists to carry out baby scans, the Society of Radiographers (SoR) has warned.The trade union says its members have...
Thousands of poorest Scots to receive free weight-loss jabs in trial
5 hours agoShareSaveShareSaveGetty ImagesThousands of people from some of Scotland's most deprived areas are to be offered free weight-loss jabs as part of government-funded research.Up to 5,000 people in Scotland will take the injections as part of the multi-million...
The Nation’s Largest Food Aid Program Is About To See Cuts. Here’s What You Should Know.
The Trump administration’s overhaul of the nation’s largest food assistance program will cause millions of people to lose benefits, strain state budgets, and pressure the nation’s food supply chain, all while likely hindering the goals of the administration’s “Make...