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Marathon Running - The Greatest Race Ever
In 2022, race participation increased by 16% compared to 2021. Air Resistance Burns More Energy. Running outdoors at the same pace as on the treadmill burns more energy. The modern Olympic marathon is inspired by the myth of the professional messenger Pheidippides.
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Read more at University of Utah Health Care
Healthcare Trends for 2021
EY’s annual report into healthcare trends argues that the industry has reached a major fork in the road. The industry must now use this opportunity to build a better health experience for clinicians and patients alike. We will enter the era of patient-centred technologies The technology to enable telehealth has been available for years, but it was the pandemic that made patients and doctors alike realise its potential.
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Read more at WIRED
Michael McIntyre: 'I've Lost a Stone But Not In The Way I Thought'
The comedian, 48 - medically cleared by doctors this week - said the excruciating pain of having kidney stones was worse than childbirth. The comic, looking smart and slimmed down in a black suit and white shirt was giving his first performance since undergoing an emergency operation. Anna Hulewicz-Brown, 58, from Leicester being treated for her birthday by her son Luke Brown, 28, said: 'Michael was absolutely brilliant. He was hilarious.
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Read more at Daily Mail
Women's Health Research - The White House Initiative
In November, President Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden launched the White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research. The Initiative fundamentally changes how our nation approaches and funds women’s health research.
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Read more at Yale School of Medicine
Denver Health is Running Out of Money
Legislatures in Colorado have fast-tracked $5 million to help keep Denver Health afloat. The hospital acknowledged the looming financial situation, saying that without long-term solutions, the hospital's trajectory is "non sustainable' The Joint Budget Committee agreed to spend the money against the recommendation of their own staff.
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Read more at 9News.com KUSA
COVID-19 Vaccination in Germany - No Side Effects
a german man who received 217 vaccine doses has shown no side effects. The 62-year-old showed no sign of being infected with COVID-19.
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Read more at Euronews
PFAS Detected in Waialua Sugar Pump 2 Water System
Additional PFAS have been detected in water samples collected at the Waialua Sugar Pump 2 water system (Public Water System HI0000309) This new detection is a result of the continuing investigation into the initial detection. The detected levels are below EPA’s proposed 1.0 compliance threshold. Currently, there is no Hazard Index nor MCL for PFHxA.
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Read more at Hawaii State Department of Health
Priory Healthcare Fined £650,000 for the death of a 23-year-old man at a mental health hospital.
The Priory Group pleaded guilty to exposing Matthew Caseby, 23, to serious risk of harm while he was an inpatient at its Woodbourne Hospital in Birmingham in 2020. He was killed by a train 14 hours after absconding from the hospital, where he had been left alone in the courtyard and climbed over a 2.3m-high courtyard fence. A major care provider has been fined £650,000 after admitting safety failings in the death of a vulnerable man who escaped from the
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Read more at The Independent
International Women's Day Weekend - Learn About These Diseases and Stay Away From Them
This International Women's Day weekend, learn about these diseases and take the necessary steps to stay away from them: Heart Ailments Women’s hearts beat faster than men’s as their body size is smaller than the latter’s. Diabetes Obesity, hormonal changes, family history and gestational diabetes are some of the reasons that cause diabetes in women.
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Read more at Onmanorama
Howard H. Hiatt, a Harvard-Trained Physician, Scientist and Academic, Dies at 98
Howard H. Hiatt died on Saturday at his home in Cambridge, Mass. He was 98. His son Jonathan said the cause was pulmonary hypertension.
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Read more at The New York Times