How Anti-Vaccine Sentiment Took Hold in the United States - As families face back-to-school medical requirements this month, the country feels the impact of a vaccine resistance movement decades in the making.

How Anti-Vaccine Sentiment Took Hold in the United States - As families face back-to-school medical requirements this month, the country feels the impact of a vaccine resistance movement decades in the making. submitted by /u/mvea
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Your Health is More Important Than Your Wealth

Your Health is More Important Than Your Wealth submitted by /u/kpetar
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Canberra becomes first Australian city to legalize marijuana for personal use

Canberra becomes first Australian city to legalize marijuana for personal use
Reuters: Health
Australia's capital city of Canberra will become the first in the country to legalize the possession, use and cultivation of small amounts of cannabis following a vote on Wednesday.


Health workers aim to save lives of mothers and babies with smartphone data

Health workers aim to save lives of mothers and babies with smartphone data
Reuters: Health
Community health workers in India and Uganda are to be armed with smartphones and tablets that use data analytics, risk maps and social media trends help to save the lives of mothers and their babies.


Iridium, a metal that formed part of the asteroid that destroyed the dinosaurs, may provide new method of treating cancer using light, suggests new study in Nature Chemistry, attacking, for the first time, an energy source in cancer cells even under hypoxia, which may treat a wider range of cancers.

Iridium, a metal that formed part of the asteroid that destroyed the dinosaurs, may provide new method of treating cancer using light, suggests new study in Nature Chemistry, attacking, for the first time, an energy source in cancer cells even under hypoxia, which may treat a wider range of cancers. submitted by /u/mvea
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Genetic risk factors for high blood-lipid content, identified in a European background, found not to be predictive of disease in an African population, highlighting the importance of the environment on the underlying genetics and the need for more inclusive studies when predicting medical outcomes.

Genetic risk factors for high blood-lipid content, identified in a European background, found not to be predictive of disease in an African population, highlighting the importance of the environment on the underlying genetics and the need for more inclusive studies when predicting medical outcomes. submitted by /u/shallah
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Air Pollution Has Been Linked With Psychiatric Disorders in Children: PM 2.5 appeared to exacerbate adjustment disorder and suicidality in particular. The latter condition encompasses suicidal ideation, preparing for suicide, and abandoned attempts to take one's life.

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