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Participants top rated features according to reusable use. Credit: BMC Women’s Health (2023). DOI: 10.1186/s12905-023-02197-3 The environmental sustainability of reusable period products may be a significant motivator for young Victorians to use them, new research reveals. Almost half of the menstruating young Victorians who participated in the research have used reusable period products—most commonly period …

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Costs of path A are compared with those of path B. Both the economic and medical costs of path A are higher than those of path B, regardless of the details of the paths. Credit: Tsuyoshi Hondou The COVID-19 pandemic has had, and continues to have, profound impacts on the world. In the early stages …

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Although Miranda Lambert didn’t take home a win at the CMT Music Awards this year, some fans might argue that she’s still a winner with her husband Brendan McLoughlin by her side. While the weather is just starting to warm up across the U.S., McLoughlin was spotted soaking up the sun when he posted a …

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Michael Ochs Archives//Getty Images Even though The Goonies was released nearly 40 years ago, it remains one of the most popular films of our time. This cult classic, which centers around the themes of friendship and adventure, was directed by a young Steven Spielberg and starred an even younger Josh Brolin and Ke Huy Quan. …

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BODYWEIGHT TRAINING MIGHT sometimes be your last resort when you don’t have access to equipment, but you can build a brutally effective solo workout on those days the gym isn’t an option. The biggest issue most guys have with these types of routines is that they feel like they need to bang out hundreds of …

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SLEEP GUMMIES ARE kind of a big deal right now. You’ve probably had ads for them follow you over the Internet. A slew of celebrity-types say they take them. And if you happen to go hunting for them in a drug store or supermarket there are like 235,647,311 brands selling them (roughly). These chewables claim …

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By Amy Norton  HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, April 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A “morning after” dose of a common antibiotic can greatly lower the chances of sexually transmitted bacterial infections in high-risk people, a new clinical trial has found. Researchers discovered that taking the antibiotic doxycycline within 72 hours of unprotected sex slashed the risk …

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By Alan Mozes  HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, April 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — It’s safe to say that the debilitating loss of motor control that typifies Parkinson’s disease is bound to undermine any patient’s quality of life. But new research now suggests that race complicates the equation, with quality of life found to be worse overall …

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Up to 85% of people going through menopause have symptoms like night sweats and hot flashes. These are also called vasomotor symptoms. But 70% go untreated.  In the WebMD webinar “Moving Beyond Hot Flashes: Treatment Options for Symptoms of Perimenopause and Menopause,” Juliana M. Kling, MD, MPH, explained how hormonal and nonhormonal treatments can help …

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