Kids are increasingly riding light electric vehicles which include e-bikes, electronic scooters, electric dirtbikes and mopeds
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Look in your rearview mirror these days on suburban roads. You may do a double take….
Category: 5. Health
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This diet helped people lose twice as much weight, without eating less
When given nutritionally matched diets, participants lost twice as much weight eating minimally processed foods compared to ultra-processed foods, suggesting that cutting down on processing could help to sustain a healthy weight long term, finds…
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A red meat allergy from tick bites is spreading – and the lone star tick isn’t the only alpha-gal carrier to worry about
Hours after savoring that perfectly grilled steak on a beautiful summer evening, your body turns traitor, declaring war on the very meal you just enjoyed. You begin to feel excruciating itchiness, pain or even swelling that can escalate to…
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Signs Point To Possible Future Medicare Coverage Of Obesity Meds
Obesity contributes to multiple diseases and conditions. Effective GLP-1 medications can lead to weight loss. However, their coverage by insurers, especially in the public sector (Medicare and Medicaid) is far from assured.
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Signs are…
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Physician Starting Pay Hits $400,000 A Year
The average starting salary for physicians has eclipsed $400,000 on average with orthopedic surgeons “at the high end” at $576,000 and pediatricians on the “low end” of the pay scale at $258,000, according to an AMN Healthcare report.
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What is the best exercise to improve sleep?
High-intensity yoga for less than 30 minutes, twice a week, may be the best workout routine for catching high-quality shut-eye, a new study shows. But before people jump on the yoga trend, researchers say more experiments are needed to…
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Johns Hopkins scientists grow a mini human brain that lights up and connects like the real thing
Johns Hopkins University researchers have grown a novel whole-brain organoid, complete with neural tissues and rudimentary blood vessels — an advance that could usher in a new era of research into neuropsychiatric disorders such as autism.
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Alzheimer’s risk may start at the brain’s border, not inside it
The brain’s health depends on more than just its neurons. A complex network of blood vessels and immune cells acts as the brain’s dedicated guardians — controlling what enters, cleaning up waste, and protecting it from threats by forming the…
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Resource-Sharing Consortium Charts The Future In Student Mental Health
Education concepts for success.
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In 2024, Higher Ed Drive detailed how a credit reporting agency warned that higher education would face significant financial pressures in 2025. Data suggests that these financial pressures have increased…
