High Anxiety: Americans Stressed by War

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In a world that is a result of a thousand generations, milestones, and historical events, you can find peace with the idea that the bad days that your ancestors had to go through are gone. After all, you don’t need to have extensive knowledge of history to be aware that long ago, society was a place filled with violence, plagues, and worse — war. Now that we exist in a more civilized era, there probably won’t be bad days, right?

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Effects of Continuous Contraceptive Pill Taking

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In May of 1960, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first commercially produced birth-control pill, called Envoid. Although produced by G.D. Searle Company in Chicago, Illinois, the development of contraceptive pills is largely owed to Margaret Sanger. Sanger opened the first United States birth-control clinic back in 1916, to encourage the development of safer and more effective alternatives to the birth-control methods available at the time. Funded by heiress Katherine McCormick, she worked for decades with the sole purpose of aiding women with this ongoing issue.

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Public Health at Breaking Point

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The USA has one of the world’s largest health budgets however it is famously not the most efficient. Failing to deliver the same caliber of healthcare to its citizens due to lack of inefficiency. In other words, in the USA, you spend more money for less. Recent events in the world such as the COVID-19 pandemic have exacerbated the situation. In this article, we will talk about what you should do about the fact that public health in America is at a breaking point.

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Omicron Symptoms

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When you think the covid situation is getting better, a new variant appears. Have you heard of covid omicron? Perhaps you have heard about this new variant but don’t know a lot about it yet, let’s fix that. The omicron variant is the latest variant of covid, and it can spread easier than the original SARS-CoV-2 virus and other previous variants of covid. Just how strong is this new covid variant? What are the symptoms you can get from this new variant? This article will cover the basics of what we know so far about the new covid variant, omicron.

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Hypertension May Double Risk of Epilepsy

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Epilepsy is an illness that will drastically change your life. It will limit the things that you can do. The CDC estimates that over 3 million adults and also over 400,000 children in the United States have epilepsy. In many cases, it is inherited from your parents. However, in an increasing number of instances. Individuals suffering from pre-existing health conditions are developing epilepsy in their later lives. Something that could otherwise be prevented. In this article, we will take a look at how hypertension may double the risk of epilepsy.

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Pfizer Vaccine Appears to Work in Kids

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On Friday 22nd of October 2021, government health officials announced that the Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine for Kids has proven to be highly effective. As well as not posing any additional risks to the younger demographic. According to research carried out by the Kids Count Data Center, around 22% of the USA’s population is classed as children. This vaccine will help protect the younger part of this demographic, and also help curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Below we will cover this topic further and answer some of the most pressing questions surrounding it.

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