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The meat and dairy industry pumps out 12% to 20% of the pollutants baking the planet and making weather more violent. The proportion of people who eat meat every day fell from 34% in 2015 to 20% in 2023, according to a survey from the German agriculture ministry. Some people object to swapping sausage and schnitzel for tofu and chickpeas.
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2 years ago Read more at The Guardian

The number of mental health professionals in schools including counselors, social workers, and psychologists do not meet the growing need of support for students. Members within the education community said that the current support staff are overwhelmed. There is only one full-time school certified psychologist per 333 students for pre-K to 12th grade in CT.
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2 years ago Read more at Eyewitness News 3

3EO’s proprietary 3TR technology was developed to enable molecular performance at never-before-seen price points across a number of clinical domains to include respiratory and sexually transmitted infections. With a cost per test up to 70% lower than existing technologies, 3EO is seeking to create access to the best technology that is both affordable and easy to use. 3EO Health is currently running programs with key distributor partners for instrument acquisition and on-going utilization that lower costs even further.
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2 years ago Read more at Yahoo Finance

President Joe Biden announced new steps to protect consumers who buy short-term health insurance plans that critics say amount to junk. A new rule finalized by the Democratic president's administration will limit these plans to just three months. The plans can only be renewed for a maximum of four months, instead of up to the three years that were allowed under Biden's predecessor, Republican Donald Trump.
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2 years ago Read more at ABC News

In the 1950s, public mental health agencies have pursued the deinstitutionalization of seriously mentally ill inmates. The core claim is that serious mental illness in jails and prisons is disproportionately high. This is not a response to the core claim.
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2 years ago Read more at Manhattan Institute

The prevalence of women skipping mammograms has become a huge concern for doctors across the country. The concern includes women in Charlotte, but doctors are making it easier for their patients to get their screening done. Since COVID, Novant’s Shannon Hostetter said patients have pushed off annual screenings, missing anywhere from two to three years.
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2 years ago Read more at WBTV

From April 2014 through December 2023, inpatient psychiatric capacity decreased statewide by 10.5%, or 990 beds, from 9,447 beds to 8,457 beds, the report said. Nearly 75% of the decline was driven by fewer beds in state hospitals. The decline comes during a time when there was a 23% increase in the number of New Yorkers served by the state's public mental health system.
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2 years ago Read more at Newsday

In 2018, the Trump administration issued a rule allowing the short-term plans to last for just under a year. Under an Obama-era policy, the plans could last no longer than three months. The plans, often with lower premiums than those found on the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces, do not have to cover people with pre-existing conditions.
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2 years ago Read more at The New York Times

Meridian Funds released its “Meridian Small Cap Growth Fund” fourth quarter 2023 investor letter. The fund returned 13.64% (net) in the fourth quarter compared to the Russell 2000 Growth Index’s12.75% return. Please check the fund’s top five holdings to know its best picks in 2023.
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2 years ago Read more at Yahoo Finance

Biol Psychiatry. 2018;28:1205–31. Flint J. Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs. Bioinformatics. 2019;10:1215–19. McIntyre RS, Berk M, Brietzke E, Goldstein BI, Fagiolini A, Frank E, Houck PR, et al. Polygenic risk for anxiety influences anxiety comorbidity and suicidal behavior in
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2 years ago Read more at Nature.com