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A new study warns that after the Taliban’s return to power in 2021, maternal mortality in Afghanistan has surged again due to severe restrictions on women’s education, employment, and movement, which drastically cut access to prenatal care and life-saving delivery services.
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The research compared current trends to the first Taliban rule (1996–2001) and found that ongoing gender-based restrictions are directly causing thousands more preventable maternal deaths each year by disrupting both the demand for care and the availability of female healthcare workers.
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Researchers found that a compound from olive oil called hydroxytyrosol can reduce anxiety-like behaviors in older mice after a traumatic event by boosting the growth of new brain cells in the memory and emotion centers, while also protecting the health of the gut microbiome.
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This discovery suggests that a natural dietary supplement could help older adults build resilience to post-traumatic stress by calming brain inflammation and supporting a healthy stomach-brain connection, potentially offering a safe way to improve mental health later in life.
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A review of over 400 U.S. hospitals found a shocking lack of national standards for “critical limits” on drugs, with hospitals using wildly different thresholds for when to alert doctors about dangerous levels of common medications like digoxin, lithium, and acetaminophen.
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This inconsistency creates serious patient safety risks, and the study strongly urges hospitals to adopt shared guidelines so that life-threatening drug overdoses are never missed, ensuring a uniform standard of care across the country.
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