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Thursday, July 29, 2021

10,000 Steps A Day: You Can Achieve A Lot With A Lot Less

 Do We Really Need To Take 10,000 Steps A Day For Our Health By Gretchen Reynolds.  The New York Times.  July 6, 2021.  

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Medical Debt Far Bigger Than Previously Known, Especially In States Not Expanding Medicaid

 Americans Medical Debts Are Bigger Than Was Known, Totaling $140 Billion by Sarah Kliff and Margot Sanger-Katz.  The New York Times.  July 20, 2021.  

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Delta Variant: Symptom of the Vaccine Refusal

 The Delta Variant Is The Symptom Of A Bigger Threat:  Vaccine Refusal  by Apoorva Mandavilli.  The New York Times.  July 25, 2021.  

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Thursday, July 22, 2021

Almonds Support Metabolic Health

Eat More Of This Nut For The Sake Of Your Metabolic Health, Study Says by Abby Moore.  MBG Health.  July 22, 2021.   

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Unvaccinated Staff Eyed In Risking Nursing Home Cases, Deaths

Unvaccinated Staff Eyed In Risking Nursing Home Cases, Deaths by Jason Dearen and Ricardo Alonzo-Zaldivar.  July 21, 2021.   

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"Pandemic Of The Unvaccinated" Comes To Georgia

COVID-19 Surge Looms In Georgia by Ariel Hart.  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.  July 19, 2021.   

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Opinion: Overtesting Of Vaccinated Are Inflating Positive Case Numbers; Testing Of Vaccinated Without Symptons Should Not Happen--CDC

 We Are Testing Too Many Vaccinated People Who Lack Covid Symptoms by Monica Gandhi and Marty Makary.  

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Why Some Vaccinated People Are Testing Positive For Covid-19

 This Is Why Vaccinated People Are Still Testing Positive For COVID-19 by Jason Gale And Bloomberg/Fortune.  July 22, 2021.  

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Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Why Laughter Can Make You More Productive At Work

 Why Laughter Can Make You More Productive at Work by Vicky McKeever.  CNBC.  July 8, 2021.  

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Whole Grains: Managing Weight and Blood Pressure

Add This Superfood To Your Diet To Help Manage Weight And Lower Blood Pressure by Sandeeps LaMotte.  CNN. July 13, 2021.   

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Ancient American Indian Burning Practices Can Reduce Risk Of Massive Wildfires

We Must Burn The West To Save It by Umair Irfan.  Vox.  July 13, 2021.   

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Climate Change Forces Rethinking Of Foundations Of Our Thinking And Our Cities: Chicago, For Example

 The Climate Crisis Haunts Chicago's Future.  A Battle Between A Great City And A Great Lake by Dan Egan.  The New York Times.  

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Gender Identity And Why American Parents Are Obsessed With It

 How American Parents Became Obsessed With Gender by Amanda Montel.  Vox.  July 11, 2021.  

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Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Pacemaker That Dissolves When It Is Not Needed

First-Ever Transient Pacemaker Harmlessly Dissolves In Body-Disappears After It's No Longer Needed  by Northwestern University.  July 5, 2021.   

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Across Decades US Health System In Decline

 The US Health System Was Already Falling Short.  Then Covid-19 Happened by Dylan Scott.  Vox.  July 6, 2021.  

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Tattoos Across Cultures: Connections With Health, Healing Ancestors, and Cultural Heritage

 Inked Mummies, Linking Tattoo Artists With Their Ancestors by Krista Langlois.  The New York Times. July 5, 2021.  

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Thursday, July 1, 2021

Diet and Sudden Cardiac Death

Too Much Southern Food Can Cause A Sudden Heart Attack, But Mediterranean Diet Reduced Risk by Sandee LaMotte.  CNN. July 1, 2021.   

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Making Multiple Changes In Running Routine Increases the Risk Of Injury

To Avoid Running Injuries, Don't Shake Up Your Routine Too Much by Gretchen Reynolds.  The New York Times.  June 30, 2021.   

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Study of Social Media Should Be A Crisis Discipline Because We Know Little About The Dangers

Why Some Biologists And Ecologists Think Social Media Is A Risk To Humanity by Shirin Ghaffary.  Recode/Vox.  June 26, 202l.

Stewardship Of Global Collective Behavior by Joseph B. Bak-Coleman, Mark Alfano, et al.  PNAS.  July 6, 2021.  

  

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