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Knee injuries tied to increased risk of arthritis
(Reuters Health) - Osteoarthritis of the knee is more common in people who've had injuries to the ligament or the cartilage that help stabilize the knee joint, a research review suggests.
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Pediatricians don't always get adequate suicide-prevention training
(Reuters Health) - Although experts supervising new pediatricians and teaching trainee doctors agree that preventing child and teen suicide is important, most also say current training isn't adequate, according to a new U.S. study.
Categorie: Agenzie
Seniors with vision loss experience discrimination, depression
(Reuters Health) - Seniors with declining vision are more likely than peers with good eyesight to experience discrimination as well as depression that may result from this bias, a new study from the UK suggests.
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Water polo players sustain frequent head impacts
(Reuters Health) - College athletes playing water polo may sustain more head impacts than people have realized, a U.S. study suggests.
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NBCUniversal latest U.S. media company reconsidering Georgia business over abortion law
NBCUniversal and WarnerMedia on Thursday joined a wave of U.S. media companies, including Walt Disney Co, saying they will reconsider working in Georgia if a new law banning abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected takes effect.
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Children under five dying at higher rate in Congo Ebola epidemic: WHO
Children under five infected with Ebola in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are dying at a higher rate than other patients as their parents shun special treatment centers, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
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WarnerMedia joins Disney, Netflix in reconsidering Georgia business over abortion law
WarnerMedia on Thursday became the third major U.S. media company to say it would reconsider working in Georgia if a new law banning abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected takes effect, following Walt Disney Co and Netflix.
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NBCUniversal says abortion laws would 'strongly impact' decision on where it films
Comcast Corp's NBCUniversal said if anti-abortion laws in various U.S. states are upheld, it would "strongly impact" where it produces films and television shows in the future.
Categorie: Agenzie
Many older adults fall at home in well-lit rooms
(Reuters Health) - Elderly people who fall may not always be stumbling over things in the dark. A new study suggests most of these falls at home happen when there's plenty of light.
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Race disparity in U.S. prostate cancer deaths disappears with equal care
(Reuters Health) - Black men are more likely to die of prostate cancer than white men in the U.S., but a new study suggests this racial disparity may be largely due to differences in the medical care men receive.
Categorie: Agenzie
First case of African swine fever reported in North Korea
The first case of African swine fever has been reported in North Korea, South Korea's agriculture ministry said on Thursday, showing how the virus has spread widely since the first outbreak in East Asia was found in China in August last year.
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Louisiana governor to sign 'heartbeat' ban, latest move to curb U.S. abortion rights
Louisiana's Democratic governor said on Wednesday he would sign a bill passed earlier in the day to ban abortion when a fetal heartbeat is detected, the latest legislation in a movement in mostly Southern and Midwest states to curb abortion rights.
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China faces long struggle to tackle African swine fever: OIE
(In May 28 story, OIE corrected statement to remove Laos in list in paragraph 6 and added Cambodia.)
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Louisiana lawmakers pass bill to ban abortions as early as six weeks
The Louisiana House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to prohibit abortion after detection of an embryonic heartbeat, which can occur as early as six weeks from conception, often before a woman even realizes she is pregnant.
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U.S. football player's overdose death spotlighted in J&J Oklahoma opioid trial
The father of a college football player who died of a drug overdose gave emotional testimony about the U.S. opioid epidemic's personal cost on Wednesday in the second day of trial of a lawsuit by the state of Oklahoma accusing Johnson & Johnson of fueling the crisis.
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Most face transplant patients continue to report better quality of life
(Reuters Health) - Doctors at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston say most of the face transplant patients they have been following for about five years are continuing to show improvement in quality of life.
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Louisiana lawmakers pass bill to ban abortions as early as 6 weeks
The Louisiana House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to prohibit abortion after detection of an embryonic heartbeat, which can occur as early as six weeks from conception, often before a woman realizes she is pregnant.
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Missouri governor says politics plays no role in abortion clinic licensing fight
Missouri Governor Mike Parson on Wednesday renewed his intention to close Missouri's sole abortion clinic for failing to meet state licensing standards, a move that would make it the only U.S. state with no legal abortion provider.
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Factbox: Roe v. Wade at risk: Legal challenges to U.S. abortion rights
In recent months, some conservative-leaning U.S. states have taken action to curb abortion rights, the most recent being Missouri, where the state's only abortion clinic could close by the end of the week.
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