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WEBPlastics Contain Thousands More Chemicals Than Thought, and Most Are Unregulated, Report Finds. A new database catalogs 16,000 chemicals found in …

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How Exercise Boosts the Brain and Improves Mental Health

WEBExercise causes changes to the brain and also encourages helpful behaviors in participants. Together, these can help exercisers better cope with mental health …

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How Epidemics of the Past Changed the Way Americans Lived

WEBThe polio epidemic of 1952 sickened more than 57,000 people across the United States, causing 21,269 cases of paralysis. The situation became so dire that at …

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Health Care Workers Are Burning Out, CDC Says

WEBOctober 30, 2023. In 2022, nearly 46 percent of health workers felt burnt out either often or very often. SDI Productions via Getty Images. Health care workers are facing more …

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The Historical Roots of Racial Disparities in American Health Care

WEBThe physician lent his expertise to Color of Care, a new documentary from the Smithsonian Channel about racial disparities in health—and how to address them. The program, …

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Myth and Misdiagnosis Have Plagued Women's Health for Centuries

WEBNow, a new, Western-centric book by British medical historian Elinor Cleghorn explores what this bias has meant for women’s health across the ages. Unwell Women: …

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Five Health Benefits of Standing Desks

WEBThe reduced amount of calories burned while sitting ( a 2013 study found that standers burn, on average, 50 more calories per hour) is clearly involved, but there …

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A New Tool Could Help Detect Breast Cancer Earlier

WEBJanuary 13, 2023. Debra Babalola and Shefali Bohra invented Dotplot, a device that can help users monitor their breast health. Dotplot. Shefali Bohra was working out at the …

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The History of Health Food, Part 1: Antiquity Arts & Culture

WEBThe History of Health Food, Part 1: Antiquity. Lisa Bramen. October 7, 2009. We tend to think of health food as a modern invention, but humans have made the …

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How the 1918 Flu Pandemic Revolutionized Public Health

WEBLaura Spinney, Zócalo Public Square. September 27, 2017. American Expeditionary Force victims of the flu pandemic at U.S. Army Camp Hospital no. 45 in …

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How Making Art Helps Improve Mental Health

WEBCooper is one of the many individuals who have experienced the benefits of art therapy, an integrative treatment that uses artistic self-expression as a means of …

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Warning: Living Alone May Be Hazardous to Your Health

WEBThe researchers speculate that living alone might even cause people to have poorer health habits, such as smoking, eating an unhealthy diet and getting less …

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Inside the Effort to Expand Virtual Reality Treatments for Mental …

WEBWith 346 participants, Freeman’s gameChange study was the largest test to date of any VR treatment for a mental health condition. The researchers found that their …

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How Does Breathing Affect Your Brain

WEBEach breath a symphony of lung, muscle, brain. Every time you inhale, your lungs fill with oxygen-rich air that then diffuses into your bloodstream to be distributed …

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New Devices Could Change the Way We Measure Blood Pressure

WEBThe Samsung Health Monitor, a photoplethysmographic technology that allows blood pressure measurement through the Samsung Galaxy Watch, was approved …

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Six Ways the Civil War Changed American Medicine

WEBSix Ways the Civil War Changed American Medicine. 150 years ago, the historic conflict forced doctors to get creative and to reframe the way they thought about …

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How World War I Influenced the Evolution of Modern Medicine

WEBTo ensure the health of the millions of soldiers recruited for the war effort, doctors put the young men through a series of tests to assess physical, mental and …

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The Positive and Negative Impacts of Covid on Nature

WEBAs many would expect, they did find evidence of nature benefiting from the sudden drop in air, land, and water travel. Wildlife also benefited from reduced air and …

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Clara Barton Epitomized the Heroism of Nurses

WEBBorn on Christmas Day 200 years ago, in North Oxford, Massachusetts, Clara was a timid child. “In the earlier years of my life I remember nothing but fear,” she wrote in her 1907 …

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Gas Stoves Are Worse for Climate and Health Than Previously …

WEBIn addition to health risks, natural gas burning stoves also imperil the planet by releasing methane. While carbon dioxide gets the most attention in conversations …

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