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Excessive Social Media Use Makes You More Irritable, Study Finds

Mercola

1 Recent studies have also found that adults who post daily on social media experience worsening mental health a year later. These findings raise serious concerns about how social media is shaping mental health, especially as platforms increasingly push users toward engagement-driven content. A massive survey of over 42,500 U.S.

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Sleepmaxxing — Will This Viral TikTok Trend Help or Hinder Your Sleep?

Mercola

Sleep is a fundamental aspect of health that significantly impacts your physical and mental well-being. The ideal amount of sleep varies from person to person, influenced by factors such as age and health. The ideal amount of sleep varies from person to person, influenced by factors such as age and health.

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The (sort of, partial) Father mRNA Vaccines Who Now Spreads Vaccine Misinformation (Part 1)

The Health Care Blog

Not only does this journal have a low ranking, based on metrics, such as its papers not being cited much by other published studies, but it also charges high fees to publish manuscripts of authors who don’t think that they can get their work published in better journal. Another dose is under study for children below the age of 5.

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ICU Doctors’ Ability to Save Lives Vary Wildly

Mercola

For background, "the best doctors" are normally measured with imperfect metrics such as: Reputation Word of mouth recommendations, which medical school they came from and number of years in practice Certification The different specialty certifications a doctor has, etc.

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Hidden Fat in Muscle Is a Silent Threat to Heart Health

Mercola

Body mass index (BMI) is a value many people keep an eye on, believing it to be a key indicator of their health and weight, yet this metric alone falls short of telling the whole story when it comes to your heart. years, the researchers tracked the health outcomes of these men. Over an average follow-up period of 7.2

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Study reveals deep disparities in well-being across racial, ethnic, and sex groups

News Medical Health Sciences

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) has published a new study published in The Lancet that finds significant disparities in well-being among racial and ethnic groups, and across sex and age groups.

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Moving beyond “vaguely interested”. Wanless 20 years on.

Sheffield DPH

Public Health” in almost all guises won’t deliver results fast enough on the right now issues. In the medium to long term pretty much everybody says “public health” is “the answer” In whole or in part. Some talk about “prevention” or “public health”. Not into health. Of that there is no doubt. This was good.