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Jan 31 2025HEALTH

The City of Malmö has a long way to Go to Beat Diabetes.

In Malmö, a city in Sweden, the battle against diabetes has been a longstanding one. The city is known for its active lifestyle, but unfortunately does have a problem with diabetes, which is a condition that affects how the body turns food into energy. To recognize what people already knew about diabetes, scientists did a survey in the city of Malmö before p...

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Jan 27 2025ENVIRONMENT

How Air Quality Monitoring is Cleaning Up China's Air

In response to the worsening climate crisis and pollution, China rolled out a nationwide, real-time air quality monitoring program between 2009 and 2019. This program was a significant step in China's efforts to control environmental issues. The study, using a time-varying difference-in-differences model, looked into the effects of this program across 284 cities. The...

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Jan 03 2025HEALTH

India's Fight Against Snakebites: A New Plan in Action

India is home to about half of the world's snakebite deaths. To tackle this problem, the country has rolled out a new National Action Plan. This plan has a clear goal: making sure everyone can access antivenom when they need it. It also focuses on improving healthcare systems and training doctors and nurses. Traditional healers are even being brought into the mix to ...

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Oct 23 2024CELEBRITIES

Jenna Fischer Shares a Friend's Unique Reaction to Her Cancer Diagnosis

Jenna Fischer, known for her role as Pam Beesly on "The Office, " recently shared a surprising story about her friend Christina Applegate's reaction to her breast cancer diagnosis. Fischer revealed that she was diagnosed with cancer last year and immediately told her husband, Lee Kirk. One of the first people she shared the news with was Applegate, her co-star from t...

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