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Key Facts for Depression

Depression is a mental health condition that causes you to feel sad or have a low mood for at least 2 weeks. Around 1 in 6 people will have depression at some point in their lives, and 1 in 4 of them will first have depression when they are under the age of 20. The […]
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Don’t know how to do CPR? Don’t ask Alexa for instructions

Knowing how to correctly perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (also known as CPR) is a basic yet highly important first aid skill, as it can give a person experiencing a heart attack the necessary time for first responders to arrive. However, a study published by the American Medical Association revealed that, in the great majority of cases, […]
HEALTH

Don’t know how to do CPR? Don’t ask Alexa for instructions

Knowing how to correctly perform a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (also known as CPR) is a basic yet highly important first aid skill, as it can give a person experiencing a heart attack necessary time for first responders to arrive. However, a study published by the American Medical Association revealed that, in the great majority of cases, […]
HEALTH

Your Diet Coke is still “safe” despite WHO ruling.

In early July, the World Health Organization declared that aspartame, a sugar substitute used in products like Diet Coke, was a possible carcinogen. This news naturally raised concerns among many consumers of these products. However, it’s essential to appreciate this information in its proper context. Aspartame was classified as a “possible carcinogen,”
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Medical misdiagnoses put the lives of 800,000 people at risk every year

Around 795,000 people die every year or are permanently incapacitated because of incorrect medical diagnoses in public hospitals in the United States, according to a recent study. The alarming figures were revealed by the John Hopkins Armstrong Institute Center for Diagnostic Excellence. Director David Newman-Toker of the institute stated that “reducing diagnostic errors
FAMILY HEALTH

The flavored e-cigarette epidemic among the youth

In 2022, 16.5% of high school students and 4.5% of middle schoolers reported currently using tobacco products, as per the National Youth Tobacco Survey. Those 16.5% and 4.5% amount to 3.08 million teenagers – the overwhelming majority being underage – currently use such substances. However, no product comes close to the popularity of the e-cigarette […]