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One in Five Deaths Among Young Adults is Due to Alcohol

ONE IN FIVE DEATHS OF YOUNG ADULTS ages 20 to 49 is secondary to excessive alcohol use in the United States. For individuals ages 20 to 64, drinking-related deaths account for one in eight. These are the statistics offered by a new population-based study.

ENVIRON

Securing our Economic Future Against Malaria

Malaria remains one of the greatest public health threats facing humanity.

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UNDERSTANDING

Preparing for Cesarean Delivery (C-Section)

When the baby is delivered through an incision in the abdomen and uterus, it is called a cesarean section or C-section delivery. Information on the procedure

DISEASES

7 Million Americans With Weak Immune Systems Need to Know if They Need a 3rd COVID Shot

Millions of immunocompromised people want to know if they need a 3rd dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to build an antibody response to provide effective immunity.

Ruling Against the Disabled and Denying Social Security Benefits to Them

Wracked with chronic pain and unable to stand or sit for any length of time should result in disability benefits, but it doesn’t work that way.

Retreating from the Opportunity of a Century

Why the American healthcare sector should oppose plans for U.S. diplomatic withdrawal from Africa. Imagine it’s the mid-1990s and the U.S. has decided to pursue...

Heart Failure or Congestive Heart Failure

Heart failure is a condition in which the heart can't pump enough blood to meet the body's needs. In some cases, the heart can't fill with enough blood. In other cases, the heart can't pump blood to the rest of the body with enough force.

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SAFETY

Voluntary Recall: Two Lots of NP Thyroid® Tablets, Due to Sub Potency

Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLC is voluntarily recalling one lot of 15-mg and one lot of 120-mg NP Thyroid®, Thyroid Tablets, USP [levothyroxine (T4) and liothyronine (T3)] to the consumer level.

CARDIO

This 5-Minute Habit Could Help Prevent a Dangerous Heart Condition.

At 7:28 a.m., the sidewalk was still damp from last night’s Seattle area rain. I stepped outside, tea still warming my throat, and began walking...

SCAMS

QUACK ALERTS

Simone Gold and America’s Frontline Con Artists Launch a Road Trip

America's Frontline Doctors (AFLD) and Simone Gold, disgraced medical quack, take their medical carnival show on the road in an RV, just like Medicine men of old.