Study population Analyses were performed in the NHS and HPFS. The NHS was established in 1976 and included 121,700 US female registered nurses aged 30–55 years33. The HPFS was initiated in 1986 and recruited 51,525 male health professionals aged 40–75 years34. Details about the cohorts were published previously33,34. Biennial assessments of lifestyle factors and medical…
Whatever bug is going around, you’ve caught it. Or so it seems this year. You get sick, you get well, only to get sick again. You’re over this – in more ways than one – so why not drink plenty of fluids and rest with these books about your health. This ick that’s going around…
Three people were arrested for illegally exporting around 30 tonnes of Wagyu beef from Japan to Hong Kong by falsely claiming it would be sent to Cambodia, local police said on Thursday. Sun Yongchao, 53, a trading company executive from China, Wang Ennian, 71, a corporate officer at a separate firm, and Wang’s daughter Hana…
(CNN) — After a relatively slow start to the respiratory virus season, Covid-19 levels in the United States began ramping up just ahead of the winter holidays. In previous years, Covid-19 levels have typically started to rise in early November and reach their seasonal peak by the end of December. But this year, levels were…
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