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Over the past few years, throw-away culture has worsened as the average amount of time a person wears a garment is 7 to 10 times before discarding it. That amount of time has decreased by 36% in the last 15 years. [22] Additionally, in the United States alone, the average consumer throws away an average of 81.5 pounds of clothing every year.
Over the course of her career, Wenger became one of the first doctors to focus on heart disease in women, since this disease was initially thought to primarily affect men. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] In 1993 Wenger co-wrote a landmark review article [ 9 ] that demonstrated that cardiovascular disease does similarly affect women since, at the time, women were ...
A study led by Mayo Clinic found a “widening gap between lifespan and healthspan" among 183 countries. The lead researcher and another doctor discuss the drivers of poor health late in life.
In a group of people over 60 at risk for heart disease, drinking one-half to one glass of wine a day reduced the risk of having a cardiovascular event such as a heart attack or stroke by 50% when ...
Last year, Travis Kalanick, the CEO of Uber, started allowing users to add a $5 donation to their ride for No Kid Hungry. In the UK, the company urged riders to donate old clothes to Save the Children. Kalanick would have a better impact on the planet if he stopped asking us for our clothes and, instead, started allowing his workers to unionize.
Seniors who want to keep working in some capacity can tap into their old connections, using social networks to find people to hire them, or even volunteer in order to get their foot in the door.
Percutaneous Interventions in Women. Interventional Cardiology Clinics. 2012 ISBN 9781455744114; Gidwani U, Sharma S, Kini A. Cardiovascular intensive care. Preface. Cardiol Clin 31(4):ix, 2013. ISBN 9780323242172; Kini A, Narula J, Sharma S. Practical manual of interventional cardiology. Springer 2015. ISBN 978-1-4471-6581-1
Most people have steady cholesterol levels with changes over many years, says Jonathan Fialkow, M.D., deputy director of Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute. However, “a few people have been ...