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Americans spend more years sick than the rest of the world, study finds — and women have it worse
1 week, 5 days ago

Americans spend more years sick than the rest of the world, study finds — and women have it worse

Salon  

Americans spend more time on average living with diseases compared to people in other countries, according to a recent study from the American Medical Association. To determine this, the authors studied what’s known as the healthspan-lifespan gap, a ratio of the number of years lived with disease or disability, as opposed to simply one’s overall lifespan. Using data from all …

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Black Americans still suffer worse health. Here's why there's so little progress
2 months ago

Black Americans still suffer worse health. Here's why there's so little progress

NPR  

Black Americans still suffer worse health. “When COVID was first hitting, it was just sort of immediately clear who was going to suffer the most,” Ducas said, “not just because of differential access to care, but who was in a living environment that’s multigenerational or crowded, who is more likely to be in a job where they are an essential …

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The truth behind if menopause is worse in the winter
2 months, 1 week ago

The truth behind if menopause is worse in the winter

The Independent  

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Mumbai's air quality worse than Delhi, health alert issued in CST area
1 year, 2 months ago

Mumbai's air quality worse than Delhi, health alert issued in CST area

India Today  

The air quality in Mumbai deteriorated for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, making the air even worse than Delhi. According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research, Mumbai's overall air quality index stood at 119 in comparison to Delhi’s 83. The air quality around the city's Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus area was recorded as 'very poor' …

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Unhealthy snacking is bad for heart health: Study
1 year, 3 months ago

Unhealthy snacking is bad for heart health: Study

Live Mint  

Researchers from the School of Life Course & Population Sciences and health science company ZOE, today published results of findings from the ZOE PREDICT project, which studied the snacking behaviours of 854 participants. The key findings, published in the European Journal of Nutrition, state that with unhealthy snacks, 25 per cent of people nullify the positive effects of healthy meals, …

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What is worse than extreme heat? Extreme heat plus air pollution
1 year, 5 months ago

What is worse than extreme heat? Extreme heat plus air pollution

The Hindu  

Heat waves and air pollution from wildfire smoke and other sources are each problematic for human health, particularly for vulnerable populations such as older adults. The risk of death on those extra-hot and polluted days was about three times greater than the effect of either high heat or high air pollution alone. Why risks are higher when both hit at …

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One year since South Australian election, ramping worse now than day Labor took office
1 year, 9 months ago

One year since South Australian election, ramping worse now than day Labor took office

ABC  

"Labor will fix the ramping crisis" — in March 2022, those words were plastered on stobie poles across the state. "It's an important question, and the answer is no," Mr Malinauskas told the ABC in an interview to mark 12 months since his election win. "The majority of those resources we see starting to get in place towards the second …

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Inequality is literally killing us: The most unequal societies suffer most in public health metrics
2 years ago

Inequality is literally killing us: The most unequal societies suffer most in public health metrics

Salon  

In 1992, a publication appeared in the British Medical Journal written by Richard Wilkinson, featuring a simple graph of life expectancy in 1981 among nine rich nations, along with the percentage of income received by the poorest 70% of families for each country. Similar studies link U.S. state and county death rates associated with COVID-19 with income inequality. In June …

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5 Health Risks You Face Due to Lack of Sleep
2 years, 2 months ago

5 Health Risks You Face Due to Lack of Sleep

News 18  

Lack of sleep does more harm than leaving you with dark circles. However, many factors like stress, health issues like sleep apnea can cause a hindrance in this. If you sleep too much or too little, several health issues may arise. Patrick H Finan, an expert in behavioural medicine and sleep researcher at Johns Hopkins Hospital says, “Poor sleep may …

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COVID getting worse, not better in North Korea: World Health Organization
2 years, 6 months ago

COVID getting worse, not better in North Korea: World Health Organization

India TV News  

Highlights WHO said UN health agency assumes the coronavirus outbreak in North Korea is “getting worse" WHO’s emergencies chief appealed to North Korean authorities for more information about COVID cases WHO has previously also voiced concerns about impact of COVID in North Korea’s population Coronavirus outbreak in North Korea : A top official at the World Health Organization said the …

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Health Care Workers Were Already Feeling Burnout. Vaccine Deniers Made It Worse.
3 years, 3 months ago

Health Care Workers Were Already Feeling Burnout. Vaccine Deniers Made It Worse.

Huff Post  

Illustration: Damon Dahlen/HuffPost; Photos: Getty Almost two years into the pandemic, America's health care workers are spent. “You don’t realize how upsetting it can be to hear people say, ‘It’s not that bad’ or hearing someone say, ‘This is the job you signed up for,’” she said. “But we live in the Bible Belt, so it feels hopeless.” Luis Alvarez …

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'It's So Much Worse Than Before.' Dread And Despair Haunt Nurses Inside LA's ICUs
4 years ago

'It's So Much Worse Than Before.' Dread And Despair Haunt Nurses Inside LA's ICUs

NPR  

'It's So Much Worse Than Before.' "We have no ICU beds," says Brad Spellberg, chief medical officer of LAC+USC Medical Center, one of the area's largest hospitals. Spellberg says it's like "battlefield medicine," a frantic race to save lives when there aren't enough staffers to cope: "You've got nurses that are assigned 20 patients when they're only supposed to be …

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