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Implanted vagus nerve stimulation device offers lasting relief for severe depression
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: About 20% of U.S. adults experience major depression in their lifetime. For most people, symptoms improve within a few treatment attempts, but up to one-third of patients have treatment-resistant depression, for which standard antidepressant medication or…
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How Minnesota faith communities are resisting aggressive immigration operations : NPR
Samantha Heaton and her son Elliot Heaton, 7, light a prayer candle during service at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church as Samuel Hesla holds a sign marking an abduction by ICE at the church in Minneapolis on Sunday. Evan Frost for NPR hide caption toggle caption Evan Frost for NPR MINNEAPOLIS — At Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in south Minneapolis, Pastor…
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Tired of the wellness industrial complex? Six rules to ditch – and what to do instead | Well actually
Being healthy shouldn’t feel this complicated. Yet every week brings a new wellness fixation, from “fibermaxxing” to “zone 2 training”, creatine and cortisol-hacking. Between prescriptive plans, complex science and often contradictory advice, it can seem like being healthy is a full-time job – or a hopeless cause. It’s neither, argues Dr Ezekiel J Emanuel, a leading public-health physician, a professor…
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U.S. health data is disappearing—with potentially serious consequences
Joel Gurin The work that we’re doing now is part of an effort being led by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which has become really concerned about the potential for some real disruptions to what you can think of as the public health data infrastructure. This is the data on all kinds of things, on disease rates, on social determinants…
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8 Horror Movie Masterpieces So Great That They Became the Blueprint
Some movies follow trends, while the truly great films create them. This is the case in any genre, but the versatility of horror storytelling makes it more apparent when a popular movie inspires a slew of like-minded features. A new style of horror or a fresh take on a creature can dictate the coming years of macabre entertainment. Ranging from…
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Why the massive Iran protests haven’t toppled its clerical establishment
Reuters —Despite Iran’s nationwide protests and years of external pressure, there are as yet no clear signs of fracture in the Islamic Republic’s security elite that could bring an end to one of the world’s most resilient governments. Adding to the stress on Iran’s clerical rulers, US President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened military action over Tehran’s severe crackdown on…
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Court reserves bail for five, two sent to judicial custody
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday, January 13, reserved the bail order for five men allegedly involved in a stone-pelting incident near the Faiz-e-Elahi mosque in the Turkman Gate area for the following day. Two accused, arrested recently, were also produced before the court, which sent them to judicial custody for eight days. Judicial Magistrate Sayesha Chada heard the…
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Iran crisis live: US citizens should ‘leave Iran now’, says US state department | Iran
US citizens should ‘leave Iran now’, says US state department The US state department has said US citizens should leave Iran now and “if safe to do so, consider departing Iran by land to Armenia or Türkiye”. The US virtual embassy for Iran says citizens should “plan alternative means of communication” due to “continued internet outages” and “have a plan…
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Health Minister Raja Narasimha distributes appointment letters to 1,257 lab technicians
Hyderabad: Appointment letters for 1,257 Grade-II lab technicians were distributed by health minister C Damodar Raja Narasimha at Osmania Medical College Grounds in Koti on Tuesday. The Health Minister was accompanied by Transport Minister Poonam Prabhakar and MP Anil Yadav as they handed over the orders to the selected candidates. Minister Narasimha said, “This is the largest recruitment drive in…
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Will Semaglutide Prevent Heart Attacks, Strokes & Cravings?
, buOzempic for diabetes and Wegovy for weight loss are now familiar brand names for the pharmaceutical compound semaglutide. Seven years ago, when Ozempic was first introduced to treat type 2 diabetes, doctors expected it to help people maintain healthy blood sugar levels. Since then, we have learned that it can do far more than that. Recently, scientists have uncovered…
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