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By Rasa Valiauga For decades now, Americans have been aware of the risk of sun damage and its association with skin cancer. Many companies and government agencies have been
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May 16, 2018 // 0 Comments
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Blog Editor Global Longitudinal Danish study suggests that having migraine headaches increases a person’s risk of heart attack and stroke.
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February 6, 2018 // 0 Comments
Global Several of the Nobel prizes went to people whose work has an impact on public health: the Nobel in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to scientists who found
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October 18, 2015 // 0 Comments
Global The biggest science news story to come out in a long time: Chinese scientists reported that they edited the DNA of human embryos. Carl Zimmer provides a great summary
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April 27, 2015 // 0 Comments
Global In many parts of the world, the prevalence of nearsightedness is dramatically increasing. Some studies are linking myopia in children to the amount of time spent
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March 22, 2015 // 0 Comments
Global In an interesting twist of events, a recent NPR article discuses the remarkable observation that many poor countries like Tanzania (99%) have far better vaccination
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February 9, 2015 // 0 Comments
Global Nature News has a fantastic profile of Sheik Humarr Khan and other public health workers as they fought against Ebola in Sierra Leone. Science is not enough to stop
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September 29, 2014 // 0 Comments