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September 26, 2015 HEALTH (MSM)

ICYMI: Refugee Crisis Altruism And Problematic 'Pink Viagra'

ICYMI Health features what we’re reading this week.This week, an essay struck a cord with as it explored attitudes and traditions surrounding death throughout the world. In the same theme, a video shared the story and life lessons of a Danish mariner, who set his affairs in order every time he went to sea, writing goodbye letters to his…

September 26, 2015 HEALTH (MSM)

5 Nutrients You Could Be Lacking (And A Few You're Probably Not)

Fighting back feelings of fatigue, irritability, or depression?Before you diagnose yourself with a chronic condition, take a look at your diet. Sometimes, common medical symptoms can signal a nutritional deficiency. In the United States, 1 in 10 people have at least one nutritional deficiency, says Christine Pfeiffer, PhD, a research chemist…

September 26, 2015 HEALTH (MSM)

The 25 Least-Stressed Cities In America

Feeling stressed out? You’re not the only one. A 2014 study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health found that half of all American adults dealt with a major stressful event over the prior year. And that doesn’t even consider the cumulative effect of the smaller daily stresses of modern life, such as credit…

$100 billion could ensure radiotherapy for all: study
September 26, 2015 HEALTH (MSM)

$100 billion could ensure radiotherapy for all: study

An investment of $97-184 billion (87-165 billion euros) could make life-saving radiotherapy accessible to most people who need it by 2035 and save millions of lives, research showed Saturday. Achieving full access to radiotherapy in low- and middle-income countries would save an estimated 27 million “life years” — extra years that cancer patients would have lost without treatment. Millions of people die from treatable cancers because of a “chronic underinvestment”

September 26, 2015 SPORTS (WORLD)

L2 review: Pompey move to top

Leyton Orient’s winless sequence extended to four as they had to scramble for a point in a dramatic finish at Northampton, allowing in-form Portsmouth – 2-1 winners at Bristol Rovers – to move top of the Sky Bet League Two standings.