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Researchers Are Finding Remarkable Ways to Combat Aging and Extend Human Health
In Brief This is truly the golden age of anti-aging research, with extended telemores, senescent cell therapies, and young-blood transfusions being three of the most promising treatment avenues....
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Are Probiotics the Key to Solving Humanity’s Health Issues?
In Brief Probiotics are hailed by some as a cure-all, but in reality the industry is unregulated and unpredictable. These healthy bacteria have amazing potential to support human health, but will...
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Hurricane Harvey Is Over, But the Public Health Impact is Just Beginning
One Storm Follows Another In the early hours of August 26, Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas and began wreaking destruction. The storm has since dissipated, but based on the public health issues...
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Researchers Have Found a New Way to Delay Age-Related Health Decline
In Brief Researchers have discovered a technique for breaking down damaged mitochondria and removing them from cells. This method resulted in improved health and extended lifespan for the insects, and...
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Bill Gates Reveals The Biggest Public Health Threats Over The Next 10 Years
Goalkeepers Bill and Melinda Gates have released their first-annual “Goalkeepers” report, a celebration of key milestones in public health and a look at which issues are still most pressing. Image...
View ArticleBefore We Can Send Humans to Mars, We Need to Address This Major Health Risk
Mission to Mars NASA is dead-set on sending astronauts to Mars within the next 15 to 20 years. China has said it hopes to send people there between 2020 and 2030, and even Russia is floating plans to...
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Five Ways Cell Phones Are Literally Changing Global Health
Infectious diseases have ravaged continents, treatment-resistant superbugs are on the rise, and social stigma inhibits treatment of crippling psychiatric disorders. At times, the state of global...
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Health Effects of VR Headsets Are Potentially Worse in Children
In Brief Virtual reality is changing the way games are played. But the technology is also a game changer for other industries. Except, according to a new study, VR headset use can develop healthcare...
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Noise Is The Next Great Public Heatlh Crisis. Here’s How It Will Affect Your...
Cities don’t just get filthy in the visual sense — urban spaces can often be a raging mess of sound. The blaring car horns, the police sirens screaming through the usual waves of traffic, the clatter...
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Japan Pledges $2.9 Billion to Universal Health Care in Developing Nations
Towards Health for All At the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Forum on December 14, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that his government would fund healthcare programs in developing...
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The World Health Organization Identifies Gaming Disorder as a Mental Health...
Gaming Disorder In 2018, the World Health Organization plans to add “gaming disorder” – characterized by a pattern of persistent or recurrent gaming behavior – to its list of mental health conditions....
View ArticleThese 3D Printed Health Monitoring Tattoos Contain Live Bacteria
A 3D printed health monitoring tattoo made with live bacterial ink is actually healthier for your body than it may sound. The post These 3D Printed Health Monitoring Tattoos Contain Live Bacteria...
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Researchers Find Pollution Is the Biggest Global Threat to Human Health
In Brief It is well known that air pollution is dangerous to humans. But in a recent environmental performance report, air pollution was found to be the leading environmental threat to public health....
View ArticleUS Absent From Global Meeting on Ocean Health. That’s Bad News for the Planet
In Brief The World Oceans Summit met in Mexico from March 7-9. The United States was conspicuously absent in the conversation about ocean health, unlike other nations that sent presidents and...
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A Revolutionary New Way to Improve Your Diet and Health
In recent years, the role of the bacteria and other organisms in the gut have become a major focus of those looking to improve health and wellness. Probiotic companies that promise everything from...
View ArticleThe Government Wants To Share Your Health Data. That’s Not A Terrible Idea.
The Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) want to give you more access to your healthcare data. And they want to help third party companies get at it, too, according to an announcement...
View ArticleTech Gives Us More Health Info Than Ever. That Could Be Making Us Paranoid.
In the future, you’ll be able to monitor your health in real time with an electronic tattoo; your diet will be tracked by a device stuck to your tooth; and you’ll have a lab-on-a-chip wearables to...
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We’re in the middle of a gut health crisis, and most of us don’t know it
You may by now be familiar with the microbiome in your body. The microbiome is the bacteria, viruses, yeast and other organisms in your gut, and elsewhere, that affect your overall health and your...
View ArticleSyphilis Google Searches Help Public Health Officials Predict New Cases
A weird bump pops up. It’s probably nothing, but, what if it’s not? You don’t want to visit a doctor because visiting a doctor for what’s probably nothing is inconvenient and expensive. So we google...
View ArticleGoogle Street View Images Could Help Us Address a Public Health Crisis
Pigeon people. Sword fights. Segway gangs. You can see a lot of Google Street View (GSV). It’s an excellent way to catch a glimpse of modern life in all its weird, wonderful glory. According to a new...
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