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China’s unemployed young adults who are pretending to have jobs

China’s unemployed young adults who are pretending to have jobs

Sylvia Chang BBC News Chinese, Hong Kong BBC Shui Zhou pays to go into an office every day No-one would want to work without getting a salary, or even worse – having to pay to be there. Yet paying companies so you can pretend to work for them has become popular among young, unemployed adults in China. It has led …

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Older Adults Share Common Knowledge From Youth

Older Adults Share Common Knowledge From Youth

5. “As a broke college student, I couldn’t get a credit card, and I got a monthly check, so things got tight during the month (this was in the early ’70s before debit cards)…” “To help me out, my older brother taught me this: Sears would issue a store credit card to college students. I used it to purchase a gift …

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RFK Jr. Quietly Endorses Flu Vaccine for Kids and Adults – MedPage Today

RFK Jr. Quietly Endorses Flu Vaccine for Kids and Adults  MedPage Today RFK Jr. accepted flu shot recommendations for children  The Hill RFK Jr. signs off on thimerosal-free flu vaccines, despite no evidence of harm from preservative  FOX 13 News Utah Kennedy quietly endorses this fall’s flu vaccine  statnews.com Department of Health and Human Services Announces Removal of Thimerosal From All US Flu Vaccines  Contemporary …

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Common Painkiller Tied to Heart Failure Risk in Older Adults

Common Painkiller Tied to Heart Failure Risk in Older Adults

The antiseizure medication pregabalin, which is commonly prescribed for chronic pain, has been linked to an increased risk for heart failure (HF), particularly in those with a history of cardiovascular disease (CVD), new data suggested. In a cohort of more than 240,000 Medicare beneficiaries with noncancer chronic pain, initiation of pregabalin was associated with a 48% higher risk for new-onset …

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Verbally abused children more likely to have poor mental health as adults, study finds | Children

Verbally abused children more likely to have poor mental health as adults, study finds | Children

Parents who ridicule, threaten or humiliate their children risk leaving them with a 64% higher chance of having poor mental health as an adult, a study has found. The research also found physical abuse experienced among the research participants reduced over time, while verbal abuse increased. Published in BMJ Open, the study gathered data of 20,687 adults from seven studies …

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Lilly's oral GLP-1, orforglipron, delivers weight loss of up to an average of 27.3 lbs in first of two pivotal Phase 3 trials in adults with obesity – Eli Lilly and Company

Lilly’s oral GLP-1, orforglipron, delivers weight loss of up to an average of 27.3 lbs in first of two pivotal Phase 3 trials in adults with obesity  Eli Lilly and Company Eli Lilly’s obesity pill led to more than 12% weight loss in closely watched late-stage trial, paving way for approval  CNBC Lilly’s Obesity Pill Cut Body Weight by 11% in Key …

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