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Health, NewsStream

Cellphones And Cancer Risk: How To Use Your Cellphone More Safely

If you are a male rat and you use your 2G or 3G cell phone for over 9 hours a day, you should be worried about Thursday’s National Toxicology Program (NTP) announcement. But what if you are a human? The NTP announced the following findings from a set of $30 million studies that took over a decade to complete: Clear evidence that high exposure to … Continue reading Cellphones And Cancer Risk: How To Use Your Cellphone More Safely

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Health, NewsStream, United Kingdom

40 people died in ‘barbaric’ secure hospitals the government pledged would close

At least 40 people with a profound learning disability or autism have died while admitted to “barbaric” secure hospitals the government has promised to close since 2015, a Sky News investigation has found.

The deceased, nine of whom were under 35 when they died, were being held as in-patients in assessment and treatment units (ATUs), controversial hospitals considered inappropriate for some of the most vulnerable people in society.

ATUs are in-patient units intended for the short-term assessment, treatment and stabilisation of people with mental health conditions who display challenging behaviour, and those with a learning disability or autism are supposed to be discharged within 18 months into community-based care.

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Education, Health, LifeStyles

Best supplements for skin: Three reasons this vitamin can keep your wrinkles at bay

BEST supplements for skin: As we get older one of people’s biggest skin concerns is lines, wrinkles and sagging. With hundreds of anti-ageing creams and ointments available on the market, could taking a supplement be the answer? Supplements have been proven to help a host of different health problems, from bloating to arthritis. But is there one to help keep wrinkles at bay? According to … Continue reading Best supplements for skin: Three reasons this vitamin can keep your wrinkles at bay

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Health

Zainab Ahmed Clarifies FG’s Plan To Limit Number Of Children Women Can Have

The federal government has been engaging critical stakeholders like traditional and religious leaders to advise their members on child spacing. We never said we are placing a cap on childbirth. What is child spacing? This is a healthy practice of waiting between pregnancies. pic.twitter.com/fs0kfPzElw — Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed (@ZShamsuna) October 24, 2018 Continue reading Zainab Ahmed Clarifies FG’s Plan To Limit Number Of Children Women Can Have

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