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Chinese Cities Issue Work-Life Balance Order to Save Falling Birth Rate

What’s New Shanghai has introduced policies encouraging employers to create “childbirth-friendly” positions aimed at supporting people with young children amid mounting concerns over China’s declining birth rate. Why It Matters Despite extensive measures by central and local governments, including the relaxation of the decades-long one-child policy to allow two and later three children, China’s fertility…

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Study: Lifestyle interventions for cardiometabolic health. Image Credit: Shutterstock AI

Holistic lifestyle interventions outshine drugs in preventing cardiometabolic diseases

While lifestyle interventions show promise in tackling cardiometabolic diseases, their long-term success hinges on policy-driven environments that make healthy living accessible for all. Study: Lifestyle interventions for cardiometabolic health. Image Credit: Shutterstock AI A recent study published in the journal Nature Medicine reviewed the benefits of combined lifestyle interventions (CLIs) on cardiometabolic health. Obesity and…

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