Exposure to ‘forever chemicals’ costs Americans billions: study

Daily exposure to cancer-linked “forever chemicals” is expected to cost Americans billions of dollars over the current population’s lifetime, a new study has found. The associated increase in medical bills and decrease in worker productivity could generate economic losses between $5.52 billion and $62.6 billion, according to the study, published in the journal Exposure and …

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A Popular Medical Explanation for Depression is Rebuffed

Medical Explanation: How most medicines work their magic is understood. But for some, it remains a mystery. Among the most mysterious are a group of widely used antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), the best-known of which is Prozac. For decades, doctors believed that operated by boosting levels of serotonin, a chemical that carries …

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Frequent need to defecate? 9 main causes

Stools differ from person to person. People may have a bowel movement several times a week or several times a day. A sudden change in stool frequency may be due to stress, a change in diet or exercise, or an underlying disease. If the stools return to normal after a few days, there is no …

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