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Taxing sweetened drinks by the amount of sugar could cut obesity and boost economic gains

September 5, 2019 Amount, and, boost, By, Could, cut, drinks, economic, gains, obesity, of, sugar, sweetened, Taxing, the

Taxing sugar-sweetened beverages by the amount of sugar they contain, rather than by the liquid volume of these drinks, as

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Women are risking their lives by not taking part in bowel screening tests according to new research

September 4, 2019 According, Are, bowel, By, in, Lives, New, not, part, research, Risking, screening, taking, tests, Their, to, women

Women are risking their lives by not taking part in bowel screening tests according to new research. A research team

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Kidney transplants covered by Medicaid increased in states after Medicaid expansion

August 20, 2019 after, By, covered, Expansion, in, Increased, kidney, Medicaid, States, transplants

Medicaid expansion has helped more young, low-income adults with advanced kidney disease to avoid the costs and poor quality-of-life associated

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Tobacco industry has bumped up prices beyond that required by tax changes

July 26, 2019 beyond, bumped, By, Changes, has, Industry, Prices, required, tax, that, tobacco, up

The tobacco industry has bumped up the prices for its products beyond that required by tax changes, even when tax

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AHA news: Here’s how many years you could gain by keeping heart disease at bay

July 25, 2019 AHA:, at, bay?, By, Could, disease, gain, heart, Here's, How, keeping, Many, News, years, you.

THURSDAY, July 25, 2019 (American Heart Association News)—Heart disease is the nation’s No. 1 cause of death, killing about 650,000

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Government says England will be smokefree by 2030. But how will it get there?

July 24, 2019 2030?, be, but, By, England, get, government, How, It, Says, smokefree, there, will

Smoking causes nearly one in five cancer cases and more than one in four cancer deaths each year in the

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Fruit flies find their way by setting navigational goals

July 22, 2019 By, Find, flies, Fruit, goals, navigational, setting, Their, Way

When a fruit fly decides it wants to walk in a particular direction, it sticks to its plan with impressive

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Around one in 20 patients are affected by preventable harm

July 18, 2019 20, affected, Are, around, By, harm, in, ONE, patients, preventable

Around one in 20 (6 percent) of patients are affected by preventable harm in medical care a new led by

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Generation of older women ‘have been abandoned by society’

July 6, 2019 abandoned, Been, By, generation, Have, of, Older, society', women

A generation of women who’ve had careers, raised families and been loyal friends have been abandoned by society in old

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New clinical certification aims to improve heart failure patient outcomes by implementing standardized care treatment

June 28, 2019 Aims, By, care, certification, clinical, failure, heart, implementing, improve, New, outcomes, Patient, standardized, to, treatment

The new Post-Acute Care Heart Failure Certification offered from the American Heart Association, provides education and resources to skilled nursing

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