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A brief history of America's love affair with fluoridated water — and why it's now up for debate

Tue, 11/12/2024 - 16:23

adding fluoride to water — An employee of the Watford Water Board in England adds fluoride to the town's water supply circa 1965.
Chris Ware/Keystone Features/Getty Images

health, fluoride, public-health, tap-water, rfk-jr, donald-trump

I gave up my dream of being a doctor at a local hospital just one year out of medical school. That decision cost me close to half a million dollars, but it was worth it.

Tue, 08/13/2024 - 19:42

Faith Choo sitting at her desk with a stethoscope strung over her neck. — Faith Choo, 27, left the public healthcare system just a year after graduating from medical school in Singapore. She is now working as a locum doctor.
Faith Choo

Careers, health, as-told-to, medicine, medical-school, public-health, Healthcare

Rats, roaches, and other creatures are winning against climate change, and it's bad news for humans

Thu, 07/25/2024 - 16:43

A rat crawling forward out of a dark black background — Rats are one of several species that will likely thrive in a warming world.
Jagoda Matejczuk / 500px/Getty Images

Science, climate-change, pests, Insects, Rodents, public-health, urban-ecology

There is no loneliness epidemic

Sun, 04/07/2024 - 06:00

Tech Insider : Economy

Is there really a loneliness epidemic? — Iana Kunitsa/Getty Images, Abanti Chowdhury/BI

health, Discourse, economy, Discourse, Loneliness, surgeon-general, Housing

Support like child tax credits and basic income reduces child abuse, researchers found

Fri, 04/05/2024 - 06:03

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

A child facing away from the camera with a doctor listening to their heartbeat through a stethoscope. — Financial assistance could limit rates of child abuse and neglect, a new study from doctors at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia finds.
SeventyFour / Getty Images

economy, finance, economy, Healthcare, basic-income, child-tax-credit, income-inequality

Feeling poor compared to your neighbors can harm your health

Sat, 02/10/2024 - 05:02

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

Piggy banks — Tanja Ivanova/Getty Images

economy, health, economy, health, public-health, money, income-inequality

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