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Medical Notes: January 30, 2022

>> January 30, 2022

Increased demand for plastic is doing more damage to both humans and our environment than we thought. A study in the journal Nature Sustainability finds that earth’s carbon footprint has doubled since 1995, much more than previously believed. Researchers say …

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Medical Notes: Week of April 18, 2021

>> April 18, 2021

Covid-19 burst on to the scene in China in late December, 2019… but a new study finds the virus was likely circulating undetected for nearly two months before that. The analysis in the journal Science finds the coronavirus was probably present in China in a …

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Medical Notes: Week of November 24, 2019

>> November 24, 2019

A lot of people try to save up to retire early. But a new study shows that early retirement can speed up cognitive decline. The study from Binghamton University, State University of New York (SUNY), found the same thing in both the United States and China …

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Solving the Recycling Crisis

>> September 30, 2018

For decades, the US has exported much of its recycled waste to China, an option no longer available to us by Chinese government policy. Now, much of this waste may go to other Asian third world countries that are poorly equipped to take it. Experts say US …

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