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Five powerful trends are reshaping public health MD, DrPH: The world’s population is getting older; the planet is getting warmer; more people are living in cities; trust in institutions is declining; and technology is advancing at extraordinary speed

Minor adjustments to how we store fruits and vegetables could help them to last significantly longer

Nearly one in five women of normal weight were found to consider themselves obese, according to a new survey

Helen Sabin was told by specialists she had just five years to live when she was diagnosed with a rare lung condition in 2008

Doctors cannot treat what patients refuse to mention. A major new survey published Thursday by Germany’s Deutsches Ärzteblatt — drawing on research commissioned by BARMER, one of Germany’s largest statutory health insurers — found that one in five German adults has stayed silent at a medical appointment when they should have spoken up, leaving physicians…

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There were 2,346 press releases posted in the last 24 hours and 484,256 in the last 365 days

A fifth of employees who would like to work flexibly are not offered the chance to do so, despite the benefits it would deliver, according to research from Health Shield Friendly Society

Five people in Louisiana have died this year after becoming infected with Vibrio vulnificus, a potentially deadly “flesh-eating” bacteria that thrives in warm coastal and brackish waters, state health officials said

Five people have been killed after being infected with a flesh-eating bacteria in coastal waters off Louisiana, state officials said.