Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Rural America has long suffered from an epidemic of methamphetamine use, which accounts for thousands of drug overdoses and deaths every year. William Garriott, an anthropologist…
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COVID lowered life expectancy by 1.6 years worldwide: Study
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain COVID-19 caused the average life expectancy of people worldwide to fall by 1.6 years during the first two years of the pandemic, a more dramatic decline…
New research shows sexual minority adults more willing to use digital health tools for public health
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Little is known about the willingness of sexual minority adultsâpeople who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or other nonheterosexual orientation identitiesâto use digital health tools. A…
France’s Macron announces bill for assisted dying
Credit: CC0 Public Domain French President Emmanuel Macron will present a bill on assisted dying to go before parliament in May, he said in an interview published by French media…
Heart disease doesn’t have to keep you from donating blood
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain As blood centers and hospitals face critically low levels of blood supplies, many people with heart disease may wonder if they can help by donating. For…
Asthma meds have become shockingly unaffordable − but relief may be on the way
The price of asthma medication has soared in the U.S. over the past decade and a half. The jump – in some cases from around a little over US$10 to…
Perspectives of youth, parents and teachers on menstruation, endometriosis and menstrual health education
Credit: Western Sydney University Western Sydney University has released an insightful new report into young people’s experiences, knowledge, and preferences regarding menstruation and menstrual health education, finding 78% of students…
Quit medicine for farming? South Korean doctors speak out
Credit: Marius Mann from Pexels From the outside, Seoul’s main hospitals seem unchanged: ambulances pull up, patients walk in, staff in white coats walk around purposefully. But for weeks, South…
Shady bleaching jabs fuel health fears, scams in W. Africa
In Africa and Asia, having fair skin is associated with higher status, privilege and beauty. In her quest for “fair skin”, an Ivorian YouTuber recently visited a market stall in…
More than one billion now afflicted by obesity: Lancet
Credit: CC0 Public Domain More than one billion people around the world are now suffering from obesity with the number having more than quadrupled since 1990, according to a study…
