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Dramatic drop in marijuana use among U.S. youth over a decade (2011 to 2021)

Science Daily - Public Health

in 2011 to 15.8% in 2021, with first-time use before age 13 dropping from 8.1% Using a national survey of 88,183 adolescents in grades nine to 12, findings show marijuana use declined from 23.1% In 2021, use was highest among 12th graders (22.4%) and 11th graders (18.7%).

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Raspberry Pi Health Care

The Health Care Blog

If you are of a certain age or have studied the history of computers, you’ll know that in the 1970s and early 1980s, (home) computers came in a kit. Between 2006 and 2011, Eben Upton and his collaborators sought to change this. The target age range is 9 to 13. Kids love their screens, at ever younger ages.

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Five Nobel Prize winners publish scientific article collection for children

Frontiers

Written for young people aged eight to 15, the collection has been published in the journal Frontiers for Young Minds. By sparking an interest in science from a young age, the Nobel Collection aims to improve young people’s scientific worldview. The Transcription of Life: from DNA to RNA , written by Roger D. ABOUT FRONTIERS.

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The fluoride debate

Your Local Epidemiologist

Preventing cavities is good for many things, including cardiovascular health. For example: In 2011, Calgary’s city council banned fluoridation. This is one of the beauties of public health—a mainly invisible population intervention, helping the most vulnerable. Tooth decay increases across the population. Is it safe?

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Celebrating a decade of Frontiers in Physiology

Frontiers

Topping out at almost 500 citations, Dr. Sue Grenham and colleagues were indeed correct that the brain-gut-microbiome communication in health and disease will continue to occupy the minds of researchers from many disciplines. Exercise as a countermeasure to human aging. Dr. Elliott et al.

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Inside the Country’s Worst Listeria Outbreak in 13 Years

APHL

That makes it the largest Listeri a outbreak this country has seen since 2011. Disease detectives get to work Six of the people sickened with Listeria monocytogenes last summer lived in Maryland, which prompted public health officials there to spring into action. We were also noticing that the median age of patients was 78.

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The Gut Microbiome and Its Role in Health and Disease

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The exact makeup of the gut microbiome varies greatly from individual to individual and is influenced by variables that include diet, exercise, medication use, sleep, stress, hormonal changes, aging, and disease. What About Diabetes and Gut Health? 2011 Jan;5(1):82-91. Gut Microbiota in Cardiovascular Health and Disease.