Frequent drinking of fizzy drinks or fruit juice is associated with an increased risk of stroke, according to new findings . The research also found that drinking more than four cups of coffee per day also increases the risk of stroke. View original article Contributor:
The state said that despite a doctor’s recommendation and state law, a Catholic hospital declined to provide an abortion because fetal heart tones were present. View original article Contributor: Pam Belluck
Political pundits would have a much easier job if they started predicting Americans’ stress levels instead of the outcome of the presidential election. No margin of error needed—it’s easy to see we’re all anxious. (Talk about unfavorable polling.) According to a recent American Psychiatric Association poll, 73% of adults in the U.S. are stressed about … Read more
Anti-transgender policies have caused a rise in suicide attempts among transgender and nonbinary youth, according to a new Trevor Project study published in the journal Nature Human Behavior. The peer-reviewed study found that when states pass anti-transgender laws—with policies like bathroom bans, which bar trans students from using the bathroom that matches their gender identity, … Read more
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The U.S. military has been protecting the home front for nearly 250 years—and doing a bang-up job of it. In recent decades, however, the military has also been polluting the home front, most notably with a toxic chemical never heard of in the era of muskets and drums: PFAS. That’s becoming a major problem—one that … Read more
Research shows that men tend to have fewer friends than women and to be less inclined to make new friends. Often, they’re reluctant to ask for help. View original article Contributor: Judith Graham
The CDC report found that counties with the most health insurance had a 26 percent lower suicide rate than counties with the lowest levels of three community factors. View original article Contributor: Erin Blakemore
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