Category: General Education
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Physical and mental health after a layoff
Losing a job can feel destabilizing for your finances and identity, and it commonly triggers anxiety, low mood, sleep disruption, and physical symptoms such as headaches or fatigue.1 This post gives clear, practical coping steps, an evidence-informed overview of over-the-counter and prescription options with pros/cons and side effects, and a short section on non-medical approaches
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Antibiotic Resistance Explained: What Overuse Means for Your Health and the Future of Medicine
Antibiotics, Overuse, and Resistance Antibiotics turned once fatal infections into treatable conditions and undergird modern medicine. But overuse and misuse are driving antimicrobial resistance (AMR), threatening those gains. This article explains the science, shows easy to understand real world examples, reviews the evidence from top institutions, and gives clear, practical steps everyone can take —
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Theme park rides, G-forces, medications and medical risks
Riding roller coasters and other high-thrill attractions exposes the human body to rapid accelerations, sudden directional changes and transient high G-forces. These physical stresses interact with dehydration, sleep loss and many commonly used medications or medical conditions to increase the risk of dizziness, vision loss, loss of consciousness, arrhythmia, neck injury and other adverse events.