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Our overdiagnosis epidemic
How a marked rise in the treatment of certain conditions – physical and mental – is harming, not protecting, public health. In 2023, a remarkable...
newstatesman.com - 27 days ago

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Keeping With Kennedy’s Advice, Measles Patients Turn to Unproven Treatments
In West Texas, some with severe illness have not been taken to a doctor until their conditions worsened, officials said. Struggling to contain a raging measles epidemic in West Texas, public health officials increasingly worry that residents are relying on unproven remedies endorsed by Robert F....
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health
Texas is poised to make measles a nationwide epidemic, public health experts say
Public health experts say Texas needs better messaging on vaccinations and quarantining and more people conducting contact tracing to contain the...
texastribune.org - 16 days ago
job & work
The Hidden Epidemic of Violence Against Nurses | FlaglerLive
“Violence is just part of the job. Every nurse and health care worker experiences it at some point.” Sen time nts like this echo across American...
flaglerlive.com - 14 days ago
science
The Myth of a Loneliness Epidemic
Americans may not actually feel more desolate than they did in the past. No one would blame you for thinking that we’re in the midst of an unprecedented global loneliness emergency. The United Kingdom and Japan have named “loneliness ministers” to tackle the problem. In 2023, the World Health...
theatlantic.com - 30+ days ago
nature
The Eco-Anxiety Epidemic: How Gen Z Activists are Channeling Fear into Solutions
From coast to coast, Gen Z has witnessed the destruction of the places they love, from childhood homes to college campuses. Entire communities have...
earthday.org - 13 days ago
travel
Travel shaming is an epidemic! But what’s the cure?
Leah Frazier is tired of being travel-shamed.She recently posted a video to her social media accounts about her adventures in Dubai, which included...
elliott.org - 30+ days ago
health
COVID-19 is the latest epidemic to show biomedical breakthroughs aren’t enough to eliminate a disease
The COVID-19 pandemic transformed over the past five years from a catastrophic threat that has killed over 7 million people to what most people...
theconversation.com - 30+ days ago
self improvement
Eye syphilis is on the rise: Doctor explains 'devastating' complication of syphilis epidemic
One woman’s eyesight was so blurry she feared she was going blind. Another reported double vision that lasted for weeks. Yet another complained of floaters. In all, five women who lived in different parts of southwest Michigan suddenly sought help for serious eye problems within weeks of each...
aol.com - 30+ days ago
health
Japan’s loneliness epidemic is so bad that elderly women are committing crimes to find friends and health care in prison
Japan’s largest women’s prison has become home to a growing number of seniors....
fortune.com - 30+ days ago
business
New York AG sues popular vape brands for 'youth vaping epidemic,' violating flavor ban
Flavored nicotine vapes have been illegal to sell in New York since 2020, but some e-cigarette manufacturers are still marketing them toward minors with flavors like rainbow cotton candy and grape bubblegum, New York Attorney General Letitia James argued in a lawsuit filed Thursday. The suit, which...
usatoday.com - 30+ days ago
science
New study shows radical-right populists are fueling a misinformation epidemic
Misinformation isn’t just a problem — it’s a political strategy....
zmescience.com - 30+ days ago
shopping
The grim reality of Scots shoplifting epidemic as teens ruin riot & staff abused
SCOTLAND is facing a relentless surge in shoplifting, with shocking incidents unfolding across the country every single day. Shop workers and business...
thescottishsun.co.uk - 30+ days ago
apps
Why Japan’s government created a state-mandated dating app
In light of the country’s low national birth rates and worsening lonely deaths epidemic, a government-mandated dating app has been created for...
thred.com - 30+ days ago
health
Mental health conditions are overdiagnosed, Streeting says
There is an "overdiagnosis" of mental health conditions with "too many people being written off", Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said. Streeting told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme the welfare system had to be "sustainable", as he defended the government's forthcoming reforms...
bbc.com - 21 days ago
health
How to protect your eyes in the digital age – expert in eye and vision science
In an era where screens dominate our daily lives, a silent epidemic is sweeping the globe. Digital eye strain, a condition once relegated to the...
theconversation.com - 12 days ago
job & work
Co-living in India: a modern-day solution to the loneliness epidemic
Four months ago, when Amit Batra, 46, head of operations at a renewable energy company, left his family behind in Gurugram to take up a job in...
thehindu.com - 30+ days ago
shopping
Britain’s shoplifting epidemic cost Co-op £80MILLION last year as thefts continue to wreak havoc on retail industry
THE Co-op lost £80million to theft last year, as the shoplifting epidemic shows little sign of ending. Bosses at the grocery chain said despite...
thesun.co.uk - 2 days ago
science
Silent epidemic: 846 million people infected with genital herpes
GENEVA, Switzerland — Did you know there has been a hidden epidemic sweeping the world? A new study finds nearly a billion people are dealing with a...
studyfinds.org - 30+ days ago
health
With measles on the rise, what we can learn from past epidemics : Code Switch
Reports of measles cases in 18 states so far are alerting people to a potential new, but also old, threat of contagion. As the U.S. health system grapples with new outbreaks and the risk of old diseases making a comeback, we're looking to the past to inform how people in marginalized communities...
npr.org - 11 days ago
health
Philippines: HIV, the silent epidemic
While significant progress has been made globally in curbing the spread of HIV, the Philippines has one of the fastest-growing infection rates in the world. Despite opposition from the Catholic Church and other social challenges, activists are fighting to improve access to prevention and treatment....
france24.com - 30+ days ago
health
Is There an HIV Epidemic Among Blacks Folks?
There’s increasing talk these days about HIV in the Black community, and it ain’t good! As you can probably guess, there are various reasons for...
blackdoctor.org - 30+ days ago
health
This drug is the 'breakthrough of the year' -- and it could mean the end of the HIV epidemic
Can we eliminate the HIV epidemic? It's a question that dates back to the start of the epidemic in the 1980s. With 1.3 million new infections a year,...
wkyufm.org - 30+ days ago
books
Omar El Akkad’s book about Gaza asks us to not look away from the horror
• Title: One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This• Author: Omar El Akkad• Genre: Non-fiction• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart• Pages: 208 Some of the most haunting works of fiction depict the oppressed becoming oppressors. For example, in José Saramago’s novel Blindness, during an epidemic in which...
theglobeandmail.com - 30+ days ago
nature
A myopia epidemic is sweeping the globe. Here’s how to stop it
time spent outdoors is the best defence against rising rates of short-sightedness, but scientists are searching for other ways to reverse the...
nature.com - 30+ days ago
fitness
Gallstones May Be the First Sign of Fatty Liver Disease
Fatty liver disease is often called a “silent epidemic” because it can progress for years without symptoms until severe complications hit. Metabolic...
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