Only 20 to 25 minutes of housework, walking fast or jogging daily could be a lifesaver for people who spend much of their time sitting, a study has found. Adding modest amounts of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) to your daily routine is effective in reducing the death risks linked to sedentary lifestyles, …
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Humanitarian organisations warned on Saturday that if supplies are not allowed in, fatal water-borne diseases like Cholera may proliferate in the beleaguered Gaza Strip. The four kids of Waseem Mushtaha have been out of school for over two weeks. They are being taught how to ration water rather than geography …
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The number of kidney dialysis patients at central Gaza’s only Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital has doubled more than ever and hundreds of patients are now receiving fewer treatment sessions from just 24 dialysis machines. Dead bodies keep showing up inside the hospital, while injured people continue to lie on the floors …
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Miriam Margolyes provided a health update and confirmed that she had undergone heart surgery on Wednesday. The actress, 82, has undergone a procedure called transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) – which she called a ‘refined’ operation and stopped her from having to have open heart surgery. Speaking on the Table …
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A “flesh-eating bacteria” called Vibrio vulnificus has been making headlines, with news of deaths and patients having to amputate limbs to control the infection. While the bacteria tended to be more prominent in the Gulf Coast states, in recent months, cases have also spread northward, with cases in New York, …
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A new California law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom Oct. 13 will raise the minimum wage for most hourly and salaried health care workers—phased in to $25 an hour over the next few years—and give them the right to sue employers to enforce the measure. Senate Bill (SB) 525, authored by Sen. …
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Financial markets could be signaling that demand for U.S. government bonds is starting to weaken following abysmal results at a recent Treasury auction. The United States sold $20 billion of 30-year bonds at an Oct. 12 Treasury auction. Primary dealers—financial institutions required to participate in these auctions and purchase supply not …
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Cindy Marabito runs a pit bull rescue out of her house in Austin, Texas. “We’re the only raw-feeding, holistic, completely no-kill pit bull refuge and rescue in the United States,” she says. She currently has nine dogs that roam her big, mulched backyard by the banks of the Colorado River. …
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are no longer printing the COVID vaccination cards that became a trademark of the pandemic, according to its website. “CDC no longer distributes the white CDC COVID-19 Vaccination cards and does not maintain vaccination records,” the CDC website states on its Frequently Asked Questions page …
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Differences in political party affiliation is the primary force dividing whether Americans are going to get the latest COVID-19 booster shot, a poll released Friday found. Seventy percent of Democrats say they are likely to or have already received the updated shot, while 28 percent of Republicans say they will, the …
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