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A new review examines how an antiracism framework called Public Health Critical Race Praxis (PHCRP) can be used to develop and test real-world solutions to reduce health inequities caused by racism. This work is crucial because it provides a roadmap for turning research on racism’s health impacts into concrete actions that can improve community and healthcare outcomes.
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A study in California found that housing insecurity and identifying as LGBTQ+ are linked to worse mental health impacts from climate change. This highlights how climate change doesn’t affect everyone equally and that policies must address these specific vulnerabilities to protect mental health.
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A simple dietary intervention—providing 12 weeks of high-fiber meals—improved gut health, immune function, and metabolic health in people with early-stage blood cell disorders linked to multiple myeloma. This suggests a practical, well-tolerated nutritional strategy could help stabilize or delay the progression of this type of cancer.
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A large study of U.S. hospital records found that a higher ratio of neutrophils to lymphocytes (NLR), a simple blood test marker of inflammation, is linked to an increased future risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. This strengthens the evidence that body-wide inflammation plays a key role in brain degeneration and could be a target for prevention.
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