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Trends in international medical tourism
If you’re uninsured and need a hip replacement in the U.S., the tab is about $40,000. Travel to Mexico for…
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How European countries have prevented an opioid addiction epidemic
In 2017, the BBC published an article that wondered aloud why opioids are “an American problem.” Is it true? Is…
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Human extinction now imminent and inevitable? A report on the state of planet Earth
There is a significant body of evidence that human extinction is now imminent; that is, it will occur within the…
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How to monitor the bushfires raging across Australia
By Amanda Gearing, Queensland University of Technology As I write this, fires are consuming huge swathes of Australia and conditions…
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Our vanishing world: Wildlife
Throughout its history, Earth has experienced five mass extinction events. See, for example, ‘Timeline Of Mass Extinction Events On Earth’.…
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How America’s youth are affected by opioid addiction
The opioid crisis in America has been gathering national attention from both the government and the medical community for several…
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Common diseases around the world
No matter what corner of the globe we hail from, no matter our gender, race, or religion, we face a…
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Evangelicals in Brazil see abuse of God’s earth as a sin – but will they fight to save the Amazon?
By Amy Erica Smith, Iowa State University When the Brazilian city of São Paulo abruptly went dark at midday on…
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Aging around the world
In 1980, the life expectancy in the U.S. was on par with other developed countries. However, since then, the Peterson-Kaiser…
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South America’s second-largest forest is also burning – and ‘environmentally friendly’ charcoal is subsidizing its destruction
By Joel E. Correia, University of Florida The fires raging across the Brazilian Amazon have captured the world’s attention. Meanwhile,…
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