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Report Details Causal Link Between Alcohol Consumption and Cancer

Mercola

12 Globally, alcohol is the most widely used psychoactive substance, with 44% of people aged 15 or older reporting consumption in 2019. The prevalence varies by region, from 4% in the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region to over 60% in Europe, the Americas and the Western Pacific.

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Honoring the 2025 AMCHP Annual Award Recipients

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

She graduated from Manchester High School in the State of Connecticut in 2019. Rene recently completed an associate’s degree at Manchester Community College and plans on pursuing studies in psychology and journalism as she continues her college journey.

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How About This Opportunity, Health Tech Investors? Promoting Contraception vs. Banning Abortion

The Health Care Blog

She is currently Dean Emeritus and Professor of Health Policy and Management at UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health, but also spent years in government, and was on President Obama’s Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion and Integrative and Public Health.

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Fake Meat Dangers with Dr. Joseph Mercola

Mercola

The health effects of GE heme are unknown, but this didn't stop the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from approving soy leghemoglobin in 2019. The Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed a lawsuit challenging the approval, which they called "unusually rapid" 11 and risky for public health.

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Fake Meat Dangers with Dr. Joseph Mercola

Mercola

The health effects of GE heme are unknown, but this didn't stop the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from approving soy leghemoglobin in 2019. The Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed a lawsuit challenging the approval, which they called "unusually rapid" 11 and risky for public health.

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Advancing Sexual Health Programs at Urban Indian Organizations: Best Practices, Challenges, and Solutions

National Council on Urban Indian Health

cases per 100,000 people in 2019 to 58.2 Additionally, congenital syphilis rates in this population increased from approximately 200 cases per 100,000 live births in 2019 to 680.8 These efforts focus on: Securing funding to expand health promotion and treatment services for urban AI/AN communities.

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Republicans put healthcare cuts front and center to advance agenda

The Hill

A federal judge struck the requirement down in 2019, but not before more than 18,000 people lost coverage. In 2018, Arkansas was the first state to implement requirements that people work, volunteer or attend school or job training in order to receive benefits. CBO found it would also lead to 1.5 million people losing Medicaid.