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Spain's Wildfire Crisis: Prevention Costs Far Outweighed by Extinction
Spain's wildfire crisis reveals a stark financial imbalance: extinction costs (10,000-20,000 euros/hectare) vastly outweigh prevention (300-3,000 euros/hectare), prompting experts to advocate for a preventative shift in policy.
Spain's Wildfire Crisis: Prevention Costs Far Outweighed by Extinction
Spain's wildfire crisis reveals a stark financial imbalance: extinction costs (10,000-20,000 euros/hectare) vastly outweigh prevention (300-3,000 euros/hectare), prompting experts to advocate for a preventative shift in policy.
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52% Bias Score
Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Prevention in Russia
Cardiovascular diseases, including ischemic heart disease, hypertension, stroke, and heart attack, cause 18 million deaths annually globally; in Russia, five main risk factors are poor diet, excessive salt and sugar, lack of physical activity, smoking, and family history.
Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Prevention in Russia
Cardiovascular diseases, including ischemic heart disease, hypertension, stroke, and heart attack, cause 18 million deaths annually globally; in Russia, five main risk factors are poor diet, excessive salt and sugar, lack of physical activity, smoking, and family history.
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20% Bias Score
Greek Summer Health Guide: Treating Common Ailments Without Antibiotics
A new guide from the Hellenic Intermunicipal Network of Healthy Cities addresses common summer ailments in Greece, including the common cold, insect bites, swimmer's ear, conjunctivitis, and invasive Streptococcus infections, emphasizing that antibiotics are generally unnecessary, except for specifi...
Greek Summer Health Guide: Treating Common Ailments Without Antibiotics
A new guide from the Hellenic Intermunicipal Network of Healthy Cities addresses common summer ailments in Greece, including the common cold, insect bites, swimmer's ear, conjunctivitis, and invasive Streptococcus infections, emphasizing that antibiotics are generally unnecessary, except for specifi...
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40% Bias Score
Preventable Liver Cancer: A Lancet Report Outlines Global Strategy
A new Lancet report reveals that over 60% of the world's liver cancer cases are preventable; a 2% reduction in the annual incidence rate could prevent 8.8 million new cases and 7.7 million deaths by 2050, highlighting the need for global collaboration.
Preventable Liver Cancer: A Lancet Report Outlines Global Strategy
A new Lancet report reveals that over 60% of the world's liver cancer cases are preventable; a 2% reduction in the annual incidence rate could prevent 8.8 million new cases and 7.7 million deaths by 2050, highlighting the need for global collaboration.
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16% Bias Score
Diet Changes May Reduce Bowel Cancer Risk by Up to 47%
Daily consumption of yoghurt, nuts, apples, and other fiber-rich fruits and vegetables can significantly lower bowel cancer risk, potentially by as much as 47 percent for apples and 20 percent for yoghurt, according to a top gut doctor, while also highlighting the rising rates of bowel cancer amongs...
Diet Changes May Reduce Bowel Cancer Risk by Up to 47%
Daily consumption of yoghurt, nuts, apples, and other fiber-rich fruits and vegetables can significantly lower bowel cancer risk, potentially by as much as 47 percent for apples and 20 percent for yoghurt, according to a top gut doctor, while also highlighting the rising rates of bowel cancer amongs...
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32% Bias Score
Greece Battles Soaring Wildfires Amidst Climate Change and Funding Shortfalls
Priamos Parisinos, a Greek forest ranger, narrowly escaped a wildfire in 2021 and fears a repeat this year due to worsening drought conditions; already, over 270,000 hectares of forest have burned across the EU this year, double the average, as climate change and insufficient forest management exace...
Greece Battles Soaring Wildfires Amidst Climate Change and Funding Shortfalls
Priamos Parisinos, a Greek forest ranger, narrowly escaped a wildfire in 2021 and fears a repeat this year due to worsening drought conditions; already, over 270,000 hectares of forest have burned across the EU this year, double the average, as climate change and insufficient forest management exace...
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36% Bias Score
Skin Cancer Cases in Niedersachsen Double and Triple Since 2005
Skin cancer diagnoses in Niedersachsen, Germany, have drastically increased since 2005, with black skin cancer cases more than doubling and white skin cancer cases tripling by 2023, attributed to improved screening and past sun exposure habits.
Skin Cancer Cases in Niedersachsen Double and Triple Since 2005
Skin cancer diagnoses in Niedersachsen, Germany, have drastically increased since 2005, with black skin cancer cases more than doubling and white skin cancer cases tripling by 2023, attributed to improved screening and past sun exposure habits.
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40% Bias Score
Spain's Wildfires: The Urgent Need for Proactive Prevention
Spain's yearly wildfires, stemming from decades of rural abandonment and inadequate forest management, cause significant economic losses and social disruption, demanding a shift from reactive firefighting to proactive prevention costing at least 50% of the current firefighting budget.
Spain's Wildfires: The Urgent Need for Proactive Prevention
Spain's yearly wildfires, stemming from decades of rural abandonment and inadequate forest management, cause significant economic losses and social disruption, demanding a shift from reactive firefighting to proactive prevention costing at least 50% of the current firefighting budget.
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40% Bias Score
Metformin Linked to Lower Dementia Risk in Overweight and Obese Individuals
A study of half a million overweight and obese individuals revealed that metformin users had a significantly lower risk of developing dementia and death from any cause, with the greatest benefits observed in those with BMIs between 25 and 34.9.
Metformin Linked to Lower Dementia Risk in Overweight and Obese Individuals
A study of half a million overweight and obese individuals revealed that metformin users had a significantly lower risk of developing dementia and death from any cause, with the greatest benefits observed in those with BMIs between 25 and 34.9.
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40% Bias Score
Liver Cancer Cases Projected to Nearly Double by 2050
A new global study projects a near doubling of liver cancer cases by 2050, reaching over 1.5 million, driven by preventable risk factors such as Hepatitis B and C, alcohol use, and obesity, highlighting a critical global health crisis.
Liver Cancer Cases Projected to Nearly Double by 2050
A new global study projects a near doubling of liver cancer cases by 2050, reaching over 1.5 million, driven by preventable risk factors such as Hepatitis B and C, alcohol use, and obesity, highlighting a critical global health crisis.
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32% Bias Score
Preventing Oral Cancer: Risk Factors and Early Detection Methods
Oral cancer ranks 13th globally but is highly preventable. Professor Irina Makeeva identifies key risk factors: tobacco, alcohol, trauma from ill-fitting dentures, oncogenic HPV strains, and galvanic currents from metal crowns. Early detection via visual inspection and fluorescence diagnostics is cr...
Preventing Oral Cancer: Risk Factors and Early Detection Methods
Oral cancer ranks 13th globally but is highly preventable. Professor Irina Makeeva identifies key risk factors: tobacco, alcohol, trauma from ill-fitting dentures, oncogenic HPV strains, and galvanic currents from metal crowns. Early detection via visual inspection and fluorescence diagnostics is cr...
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12% Bias Score
EU Approves Twice-Yearly HIV Prevention Injection
European regulators approved Gilead's lenacapavir, a twice-yearly HIV prevention injection, 100% effective in trials, offering a significant advancement amid rising HIV cases (24,700 new diagnoses in 2023, up 11.8% from 2022).
EU Approves Twice-Yearly HIV Prevention Injection
European regulators approved Gilead's lenacapavir, a twice-yearly HIV prevention injection, 100% effective in trials, offering a significant advancement amid rising HIV cases (24,700 new diagnoses in 2023, up 11.8% from 2022).
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40% Bias Score
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