HEALTH

China’s birthrate is falling and hospital maternity departments are closing, according to reports. The closures of delivery wards has been likened to an “obstetric winter” in China. Public concern around the shutdowns has prompted authorities to remove search topics related to the issue from Chinese social media.
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2 years ago Read more at Al Jazeera English

Iowa State took on Washington State, and many Cyclone fans agree it was close enough to make the drive and a lot better than watching the game on tv. Iowa State fan Duane Asbe drove four hours for the game.
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2 years ago Read more at KLKN

a 2018 study found that palm oil is used in half of the most commonly consumed food and consumer items, including popular snacks and cosmetics. This study also mentioned the reason why palm oil was so widely used by companies.
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2 years ago Read more at The Indian Express

Sleep can influence your risk of major health problems, ranging from cardiovascular diseases to dementia. But shut-eye also plays a role in your cognitive function, hormone regulation and quite frankly, the day that follows as a restless night always feels awful. despite my best attempts, one thing kept disturbing my slumber - noise.
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2 years ago Read more at Express

Smoking is one of the biggest causes of death and serious illness and leads to around 76,000 deaths in the UK every year. Across the Bradford district, there are more than 62,000 adults who smoke. Councillor Sue Duffy, Bradford Council’s portfolio holder for children and families, said: “Smoking kills - so we welcome this initiative that looks to prevent the uptake of smoking and nicotine products amongst our young people”
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2 years ago Read more at Telegraph and Argus

"There’s definitely been a shift in the questions and types of information that the general public has access to based off of social media," said Dr. Erika Almodovar, a general surgeon at Baptist Health Corbin. The biggest issue that comes from turning to social media for medical inquiries is misinformation.
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2 years ago Read more at WKYT

Roughly half of adults say someone in their family has had a “severe mental health crisis” according to a 2022 CNN and KFF poll. To stay mentally healthy, medical professionals suggest going outside, reaching out to friends, doing consistent exercise and more. The American Library Association defined bibliotherapy as reading “books selected on the basis of content in a planned reading program designed to facilitate the recovery of patients suffering from mental illness.
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2 years ago Read more at Deseret News

We used two types of generative models: a sequential synthesis model and a generative adversarial network (GAN) This is the most common value for the number of simulation iterations used in the medical statistics literature31,98. We drew 1000 datasets with sample sizes shown in Table 1. This was intended to be a neutral comparative study so as not to favor any particular generative model99.
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2 years ago Read more at Nature.com

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the toll it left on young people's mental health persists. For those in school, the pandemic forced a sudden adjustment to online learning. Some students at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee told FOX6 News they still spend a lot of time in the digital world.
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2 years ago Read more at FOX 6 Milwaukee

Lake County Health Department said people at Consume Restaurant in Lake Zurich may have been exposed. Also, people at Advocate Condell emergency room in Libertyville on March 20. Case investigators have also confirmed that this case is linked to the current outbreak in the City of Chicago.
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2 years ago Read more at CBS News