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Mike Windle / Getty ImagesJamie Foxx was seen looking healthy and cheerful on Sunday while on a boat in Chicago. It was his first public appearance since he was hospitalized in April.
The actor appeared happy while aboard a mega-boat cruising along the Chicago River. Footage from TMZ showed him waving as a neighboring vessel passed by and its passengers cheered at him. He also gave them a peace sign and a big smile before he looked down at the phone in his hand.
The 55-year-old appeared to be with some family members who have been by…
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FoodIn Canada, one in five people are living with high blood pressure without even knowing itPublished June 06, 2023 • Last updated 4 days ago • 3 minute readIn Canada, one in five people are living with high blood pressure without even knowing it.Article content
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Many will likely glance at this column and think hypertension doesn’t apply to them, but the numbers tell a different story. In Canada, one in five…
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Irish singer Mary Black has teamed up with Specsavers Letterkenny and Donegal Town this Healthy Hearing Month, to encourage the nation to take action and look after their hearing.
In the third year of Specsavers’ Healthy Hearing Month campaign, Mary has joined audiology experts to turn up the volume on hearing health, as she opens up about her own personal hearing loss journey.
Hearing loss is experienced by around one in 12 Irish adults and affects people of all ages. Your hearing changes over time and for different reasons, which is why people experience different types of loss at…
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new definition for post COVID-19 condition, commonly known as long COVID, in children and teenagers.
In a document released Thursday, WHO officials say it started to come up with a specific definition for long COVID in children and teens because the virus affects them differently than adults.
According to the new definition, children and teens with long COVID are more likely to have fatigue, an altered sense of smell (anosmia), and anxiety than healthy children.
The WHO added that children, teenagers, and adults all experience long symptoms of COVID within three months…
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A new study finds that a common artificial sweetener can damage your DNA.
The zero-calorie sweetener in question is sucralose, sold under the brand name Splenda. It is about 600 times sweeter than table sugar.
The study found that sucralose may lead to a leaky gut lining, and increase the activity of genes related to inflammation and cancer.A study from researchers at North Carolina State University suggests that a chemical formed from one artificial sweetener might also damage our DNA.
The zero-calorie sweetener in question is sucralose, which is about 600 times sweeter than table sugar,
The World Health…
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A new Canadian study published in the British Medical Journal suggests that even a small reduction in kidney function could result in poor health outcomes for young people.
Researchers surveyed health records from eight million people in Ontario from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) between 2008 and 2021. The research focused on adults aged 18 to 65 who had at least one test for kidney function but no history of kidney disease.
Of the participants, 18 percent between the ages of 18 to 39 had kidney function somewhat “below normal levels” but not enough to trigger the threshold…
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