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“The main problem is what we call ‘unnatural causes’,” says demographer Sergey Yermakov. “That includes murder, suicide and, of course, alcohol.” Suicide rates among Russian men are 2.5 times higher than in Europe. The average Russian citizen drinks more than four gallons of alcohol per year, compared with two gallons a year in Britain. And 70 percent of adult Russian males smoke. Birthrates are falling nearly as fast as male mortality....

MORE THAN 7,000 of them–a higher number than those lost to workplace injuries–are killed because of mistakes in their medication. But what’s been done to fix the system since the Institute of Medicine reported these numbers three years ago? The Veterans Administration Medical Center of North Chicago may have found a smart answer–and it involves just simple technology. This military vets’ hospital has been part of the national VA effort to implement a program called Bar Code Medication Administration (BCMA)....

Pizza and the Free Market When a community has a pizza parlor, pizza-philes tend to be generally satisfied. Maybe they serve New York-style and you like Chicago-style, maybe the price is a little higher than you’d like to pay, maybe the service isn’t as attentive as you’d like — but it’s pizza, and you didn’t have to make it at home. But when a community gets two or three or four pizza parlors, the local pizza game becomes forever changed....

The highly-rated 19-year-old midfielder has been out of action since picking up a hamstring problem while away with his country on World Cup qualifying duty in September 2021. Reyna has thought to be close to returning on a number of occasions, only to suffer setbacks. He has sat out 25 games for BVB, as they look to keep themselves in the hunt for major silverware, but is back in full training and could make a welcome return to action in a home date with Bayer Leverkusen on February 6....

America’s way of providing health care is failing, too, Cohn writes, and its problems also won’t go away on their own. He spoke with NEWSWEEK’s Mary Carmichael about how to cure an ailing system. Excerpts: NEWSWEEK: You started writing about the health-care system in the ’90s, not long after the Clintons’ reform effort failed so spectacularly. Politically, is universal health care a more realistic proposition today? Jonathan Cohn: Our health-care problems have definitely gotten worse since the 1990s....

Now another angle of the hug is circulating on social media showing the conversation between the Duchess of Sussex and the 14-year-old Amelka Zak who embraced her. In a video of the exchange captured by a TikTok user Isabelle Charters, @IzzyChar97, fans can see Prince Harry and Meghan both speaking to people in the crowd. “Oh my god, hi!” says the teenager whom Meghan approaches. The duchess, 41, goes on to ask for the girl’s name....

This article discusses the connection between hearing and memory loss, risk factors, prevention, and when to see a healthcare provider. Hearing Loss and Memory Loss There is increasing evidence of a connection between hearing loss and memory loss. One recent study found that mild hearing loss doubled the risk of dementia, moderate loss tripled the risk, and people with severe hearing loss were 5 times more likely to develop dementia than those without hearing loss....

While it is a symptom of certain mental health conditions, other more common reasons that might be causing someone to hear voices are medical conditions such as narcolepsy, infections, lack of sleep, recent bereavement, and fever. This article will discuss auditory and sleep hallucinations in children and adults, the types of voices people hear, why these hallucinations occur, and how conditions that cause them may be treated. What Are Auditory Hallucinations?...

Determining the category of heart failure using the heart failure classification system allows healthcare professionals to develop individualized treatment plans. What Is Heart Failure? The heart’s pumping ability is measured by the ejection fraction. Using percentages, the ejection fraction is a measure of the amount of blood pumped out of the heart with each heartbeat. A normal ejection fraction is 50% to 70%. Heart failure occurs when the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs....

Worst QB matchup: Eli Manning vs. Seahawks (12.8 FPPG). Even more reason to ignore the bad Manning. Also beware of Mike Glennon against the 49ers (14.1) and Carson Palmer against the Titans (15.7). Worst RB matchup: Chris Johnson vs. Cardinals (11.6 FPPG). If you’ve been looking for an excuse to bench the frustrating Johnson, this matchup is it. You can also blame it on Shonn Greene stealing goal-line carries. Also avoid the Panthers RBs against the Jets (13....

The images were taken in the port of Mizushima in Kurashiki on September 20. They show a whale lying limp over the tanker’s bow—the most forward part of a ship’s underside. The circumstances of the whale’s death are unknown. It is not clear whether the whale had already died when it came into contact with the ship or whether the ship killed the whale. In a statement emailed to Newsweek along with the photos, the Mizushima Coast Guard Office said: “Unfortunately, we don’t know why the whale was brought into a Japanese port on the bow of a Japanese tanker ship, or the reason of death....

“Last night, our Midwest District Sergeant Grisell Fernandez was able to find Snow and reunite her with her owner!” the department said in its Facebook post. “The puppy kisses say it all.” Two months ago, Snow managed to break loose, run from home and into the street, a spokesperson for the Miami-Dade Police Department told Newsweek. But she didn’t make it very far on her own. Footage from nearby Ring cameras and other surveillance cameras caught someone in a car pulling up to Snow, taking her and driving off....

It was a historic moment for Haslem, who became the oldest player to play for the Heat. The 40-year-old didn’t last long, however. He played only three minutes before he was ejected following an altercation with 76ers center Dwight Howard. Per ESPN, Haslem became the oldest NBA player to be ejected in the last 20 seasons. MORE: Knicks celebrate first playoff berth since 2013 After Howard threw Haslem to the ground fighting for a rebound, the two exchanged words at the next stoppage....

The Heat dazzled the NBA world by making an improbable run to the NBA Finals during the bubble season of 2020 as the fifth seed but last season, after finishing sixth, Miami crashed out of the playoffs, swept by the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round. The toll of two seasons played in a condensed period of time took its toll on the Heat, but Miami entered this season healthy and full of hope....

Extreme heat can affect different age groups differently, according to the National Weather Service, with those who are pregnant, newborns, children, the elderly and people with chronic illnesses being the most vulnerable. It can cause conditions including heat stroke and heat exhaustion. In its short range forecast on Monday morning, the National Weather Service said “record-shattering” heat was forecast across the northwest. The hottest temperatures were forecast in the Pacific Northwest, with Washington and north-central Oregon likely to hit between 100 to 110 degrees Fahrenheit (F)....

Heath returns to the U.S. squad for the first time since the SheBelieves Cup in March, having missed most of 2017 with a back injury. Brian also is back in the squad after injuries kept her sidelined from international duty since March, and playmaker Rose Lavelle has returned after missing the Tournament of Nations earlier this summer with a hamstring strain. Lloyd, the two-time FIFA World Player of the Year, has been omitted as she recovers from an ankle injury....

Now it’s your turn to help Yemen’s children and end a brutal civil war. You can write to your elected officials, urging them to encourage a peace treaty between Yemen’s combatants. In Yemen, children have died from bombs and also starvation because of the seven-year conflict with the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthi rebels. The one current ray of hope in Yemen is a truce that continues to hold, vastly reducing the violence....