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Most of us consider polio a relic of the mid-twentieth century, when the crippling virus struck down U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt along with millions of other people worldwide. But it now appears the polio virus is making a comeback, with the United Nations’ World Health Organization (WHO) declaring the issue a “public health emergency […]
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It’s widely known that the United States is dealing with a serious diabetes epidemic. But the disease’s impact on children is somewhat less well known. Now, a new report shows that diabetes rates among U.S. children are rising at an alarming pace. The report, which is based on research completed by the Colorado School of […]
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A new report finds that the media’s sensationalization of suicide can lead people — and especially teenagers — to end their own lives. The report comes from the New York State Psychiatric Institute, which examined 48 suicide “clusters” — or suicide outbreaks — by studying newspaper coverage. The researchers found that these clusters are often […]
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Here’s some good news for coffee fans: a new report finds that regularly consuming coffee can actually reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. That finding comes from Dr. Shilpa N. Bhupathiraju and a research team at the Harvard School of Public Health. Recently, the team gathered together data from three research projects spanning […]
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The World Health Organization (WHO) — a United Nations agency — has expressed serious concerns about emerging “superbugs” which are resistant to even the most powerful antibiotics. In a new report issued today, WHO says viruses are rapidly developing resistances to antibiotics, making many drugs ineffective against them. “The world is headed for a post-antibiotic […]
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