As the number of adults with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia steadily increases, questions around their access to firearms remain largely
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Women should have right to reject pregnancy, experts say: Laws should not force women to risk death and injury by having a baby, according to a legal academic in Australia who has says abortion can be decriminalised without society and governments making a moral judgement.
Laws should not force women to risk death and injury by having a baby, according to a QUT legal academic
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Traffic-related pollution linked to risk of asthma in children
Twenty-five million Americans suffer from asthma, a chronic lung disease that has been on the rise since the 1980s. While
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Saving lives: Swapping cars for shared bicycles
The 12 largest bicycle sharing systems in European cities offer health and economic benefits. Currently, the use of shared bicycles
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New blood pressure guidelines could put lives at risk: Guidelines would class an extra 31 million Americans as having hypertension
The recent recommendations from American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association are as follows: lowering the threshold for
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Out-of-pocket expenses for chronic heart disease care inflict heavy financial burdens for low-income families; even those with insurance
Cumulative out-of-pocket expenses for the treatment of chronic heart disease led to significant financial burdens for low-income families, even for
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Which education systems are best? Look past the superficial numbers
International large-scale education assessments (ILSAs) are used to compare the performance of countries’ educational systems, but these rankings can be
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Online physician reviews don’t reflect responses in patient satisfaction surveys
Physicians who receive negative reviews online do not receive similar responses in rigorous patient satisfaction surveys, according to new Mayo
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