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Study reveals what drives PFAS exposure in firefighters and how risks may be reduced
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: New research in U.S. firefighters reveals how workplace practices, personal factors, and environmental exposures shape PFAS levels, offering insights into practical strategies to reduce long-term chemical exposure risk. Study: Predictors of serum per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances…
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Data sharing in health and social care in Australia: lessons for integrating care for priority populations
The study’s research team is part of a research centre (Centre for Research Excellence in Integrated Health and Social Care) partnering with local health districts and other key stakeholders. This allowed first in contact with health and social care programs throughout research and services’ network. A snowballing method was used to branch further out into other health and social care…
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‘Mystery’ statins side effect caused by cholesterol meds uncovered in new study
Scientists finally identify why statins can cause the ‘painful’ side effect in some people 09:31, 04 Feb 2026Updated 10:16, 04 Feb 2026 What is high cholesterol? A certain side effect that some people may get when taking cholesterol-lowering medication, such as statins, has puzzled doctors since the 1980s. However, recent studies have uncovered key causes and why they occur. Although…
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Millions may drop ACA coverage — and raise health costs for everyone else
Demonstrators hold signs during a rally for healthcare funding outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Sept. 30, 2025. Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images Millions of people are likely to drop their health insurance now that enhanced premium subsidies for consumers who buy coverage on the Affordable Care Act marketplace have expired. That could increase costs for remaining…
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Annual report shows progress toward MI Healthy Climate Plan goals
Electric buses carrying students to school, farmers rebuilding soil health, communities cutting energy bills, and a clean energy transition focused on good-paying jobs: These are some of the successes and priorities captured in the 2025 MI Healthy Climate Plan Report, a snapshot of how Michigan is leveraging resources to turn forward-thinking ambition into everyday action. The MI Healthy Climate Plan is…
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Latest CMS Data Reveal Six Trends Reshaping U.S. Drug Spending
The boffins at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently dropped the latest National Health Expenditure (NHE) data, which track all U.S. spending on healthcare. (Links below.) We spent an astounding $5,278,588,000,000 on healthcare in 2024. Yes, that’s $5.3 trillion! Retail outpatient prescription drugs accounted for less than 9% of that total. More than half of net outpatient…
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After molding health policy, MAHA eyes reshaping environmental rules
WASHINGTON (AP) — On New Year’s Eve, Lee Zeldin did something out of character for an Environmental Protection Agency leader who has been hacking away at regulations intended to protect Americans’ air and water. He announced new restrictions on five chemicals commonly used in building materials, plastic products and adhesives, and he cheered it as a “MAHA win.” It was…
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Top recognition awarded to 11 stroke researchers for science, brain health contributions
Embargoed until Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, 10 a.m. CT/11 a.m. ET NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 3, 2026 – Eleven top scientists in stroke and brain health will be recognized for their individual exceptional professional achievements and contributions to stroke and brain health care and research during the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2026. The meeting will be held in New…
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MRI scans reveal human brain growth from pregnancy through birth
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: By seamlessly tracking brain growth from the womb into early life, researchers uncover when key brain regions surge and how subtle sex differences emerge before birth. Study: Mapping brain growth and sex differences across prenatal to…
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Mental health crisis: Global surveys expose who falls through the cracks and how to catch them
image: Ron Kessler, PhD view more Credit: Ron Kessler, PhD NEWTON, Massachusetts, USA, 3 February 2026 — In a comprehensive Genomic Press Interview published today in Genomic Psychiatry, Dr. Ronald C. Kessler, the McNeil Family Professor of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School, reflects on a career that fundamentally altered how researchers and policymakers across the globe understand the…
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