Rates for indicators peaked in 2020 but have not yet reached prepandemic levels
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Florida Fails to Pass Amendment Legalizing Recreational Weed
By Robin Foster HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, Nov. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A ballot measure to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in the state of Florida failed on Tuesday.While 55.9% of Florida voters backed the proposed amendment, it did not reach the 60% threshold needed to make the initiative part …
Read More »Abortion Rights Measures Pass in 7 States, Fail in 3
By Robin Foster HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, Nov. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In election results that showed protecting women’s reproductive freedoms matter to a majority of Americans, abortion rights measures passed in seven states and failed in three.Missouri, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, New York, Maryland and Montana all backed those rights, while …
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Increase driven by individuals living in jurisdictions that permitted adult-use retailers
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Authors say increasing readiness would save thousands of children's lives each year
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TTVR plus optimal medical therapy yields greater improvement in disease-specific and general health status than OMT alone
Read More »Most Adults Lack Knowledge About Pancreatic Cancer
Most people erroneously think pancreatic cancer occurs only in older people and that they cannot alter risk
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In those with known/suspected sleep apnea, dementia risk was 4.7 percent higher in women and 2.5 percent higher in men
Read More »Light Physical Activity Linked to Improved Vascular Parameters in RA
Sedentary behavior is negatively associated with baseline and peak brachial artery diameters, superficial femoral artery diameters
Read More »Mpox Spread in Congo May Be Slowing
By Robin Foster HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, Nov. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In an early sign that the mpox outbreak in Africa might be ebbing, some health officials report that case counts seem to be stabilizing in the Congo, the epicenter of the outbreak.The World Health Organization first declared the mpox …
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