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Health websites are notoriously misleading. So we rated their
WEBJul 26, 2019 · Of all the sites with red ratings, 37% publish false or unfounded health claims. These sites accounted for more than 49 million engagements (shares, likes, comments, etc.) on social media in the ...
Life expectancy for men in U.S. falls to 73 years - STAT
WEBNov 13, 2023 · The picture is especially concerning for men, whose life expectancy is now 73.2 years, compared with women’s 79.1.This 5.9 year gap is the widest between the two genders since 1996. “Across ...
New trial data shows a combo of two drugs can help treat meth
WEBJan 13, 2021 · In a clinical trial, the researchers reported Wednesday, 13.6% of participants treated with the two drugs had repeated urine tests free of methamphetamine, compared to just 2.5% of those who were ...
Under new rules, patients can now access all their health ... - STAT
WEBOct 6, 2022 · The allies had D-Day. And now U.S. patients, held down for decades by information hoarders, can rally around a new turning point, October 6, 2022 — the day they got their health data back. Under ...
Strong new evidence suggests a virus triggers multiple sclerosis
WEBJan 13, 2022 · Reprints. New evidence suggests Epstein-Barr virus, shown above, can initiate multiple sclerosis. CDC. I f you were to ask any of the 1 million Americans living with multiple sclerosis, they’d ...
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The tragedy of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid vaccine | STAT
WEBDec 17, 2021 · That makes it difficult to treat. TTS, CDC researchers told the panel Thursday, was seen once in 250,000 recipients of the J&J vaccine, but was more common among women in their 30s and 40s, where ...
There's no autism epidemic. It's an autism diagnosis epidemic - STAT
WEBFeb 10, 2022 · No. The increase in the autism rate recently reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention represent an autism diagnosis epidemic. Writing in the weekly journal MMWR, CDC researchers ...
U.S. overdose deaths hit record 107,000 in 2021, CDC says
WEBMay 11, 2022 · Lisa Rathke/AP. N EW YORK — More than 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year, setting another tragic record in the nation’s escalating overdose epidemic, the Centers for Disease ...
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