Uranium toxicity may be causing high rates of obesity and diabetes in Kuwait
Kuwait has some of the highest rates of obesity and diabetes in the world, and scientists don’t know why. This
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Autistic adults experience high rates of negative life events
Autistic adults are vulnerable to many types of negative life experience, including employment difficulties, financial hardship, domestic abuse and “mate-crime,”
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No place for defeatism in fight to cut smoking rates
It turns out that smoking is really bad for you. A major study of 186,000 Australians has just found that
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Self-harm rates have TREBLED across England since 2000
Self-harm rates have TREBLED across England since 2000 with the biggest spike among girls and young women as charities call
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Increase the legal purchase age to reduce smoking rates in young people, urges expert
Increasing the legal age for tobacco purchase should be combined with other measures to reduce smoking rates in young people,
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Patients discharged to home care vs. nursing facilities have higher rates of hospital readmissions
Spending on post-acute care continues to rise in the United States. Today, nearly 90 percent of Medicare patients discharged to
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Drug Overdose Mortality Rates Highest in United States
FRIDAY, Nov. 16, 2018 — In 2015, the United States had higher drug overdose mortality rates than those of many
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Revealed, the countries with the highest fertility rates
Revealed, the countries with the highest fertility rates: Women in Niger give birth to SEVEN children on average but those
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Urban and rural rates of childhood cancer survival the same, study finds
Childhood and adolescent cancer survival in the United States does not vary by rural/urban residence at the time of diagnosis,
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Physician burnout rates vary by medical specialty
(HealthDay)—Nearly half of physicians report being burned out, but rates vary substantially by medical specialty, according to an article published
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