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Can people thrive in a secular society?
OnlySky
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August 20, 2025
New York Times columnist David Brooks is once again attacking secular society, this time including not only secularism but individualism and self-expression, also. In the column, Brooks asks why more people in the world are hopeful, except...
Finnish Study Reveals Long Term Periodontal Treatment Benefits: Key Insights For Houston Residents
MENAFN
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August 11, 2025
(MENAFN- Market Press Release) August 11, 2025 2:25 am - A Finnish study shows periodontal treatment significantly improves oral health, with implications for Houston residents facing high rates of gum disease. University Periodontal Associates...
Finnish Customs to step up checks amid swine fever fear
Yle Uutiset
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August 11, 2025
African swine fever is a fatal disease affecting pigs that can spread through meat products carried by travellers. Open image viewer Image: Mimmi Nietula / Yle Finnish Customs will tighten food inspections at Helsinki ports from 12 August to 30...
Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals Pericytes Acquire a Fibrotic Phenotype and Promote Mesenteric Adipose Tissue Fibrosis in Crohn’s Disease
Dove Medical Press
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August 14, 2025
Introduction Crohn’s disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory disorder capable of affecting any segment of the gastrointestinal tract.1,2 Over 50% of CD patients ultimately develop intestinal fibrosis and strictures, often necessitating surgical...
Norway, Sweden and Finland: Climate change made July heatwave 10 times more likely, study says
Euronews
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August 14, 2025
Published on 14/08/2025 - 8:02 GMT+2 Human-caused climate change made a two-week-long heatwave in Norway, Sweden and Finland around 2°C hotter and at least 10 times more likely, a rapid analysis by World Weather Attribution has found. Extreme heat...
Bottled water sales double in Finland - alcohol and soft drinks decline
Helsinki Times
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August 13, 2025
Bottled water consumption in Finland has nearly doubled in ten years, reflecting a national shift away from beer, cider, and sugary drinks. Data from the Federation of the Brewing and Soft Drinks Industry shows that Finns drank almost 116 million...
Finnish mothers spend two hours longer in labour than 20 years ago
Helsinki Times
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August 10, 2025
The average duration of vaginal births in Finland has increased by almost two hours over the past two decades, according to new figures from the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL). In the early 2000s, the period from the start of...
EU–Israel relations strained as Frederiksen singles out Netanyahu
The Parliament Magazine
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August 20, 2025
Israel would be “better off” without its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has said, in an unusually direct rebuke from an EU head of government. “Netanyahu is a problem in himself now,” Frederiksen told...
Former Blue McRae leads YMCA hockey clinic
Mexico Ledger - Missouri
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By Jeremy Jacob, Sports Editor Hockey is a tool for life outside of athletics. Philip McRae Hockey Clinic Photo Gallery That has been the case for Philip McRae, who was born and raised in the St. Louis area before being drafted by the hometown...
Majority of hospitalised Ukrainian refugees carry MDR bacteria: Finnish study
Daily Finland
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A study conducted by the University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital (HUS) showed that 8% of Ukrainian refugees had been hospitalised due to war injuries and almost 80% of them carried multidrug resistant (MDR) bacteria....
Other Views: Hiding the homeless won’t solve the problem
Yakima Herald-Republic - Washington State
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The White House has promised swift action on homelessness. It aims to dismantle encampments, force addicts and the mentally ill into treatment, and yank federal funds from cities that refuse to police tents and open-air drug use. For residents...
Finland mulls sweeping spending cuts aimed at curbing rising debt
Famagusta Gazette
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August 10, 2025
The Finnish Ministry of Finance has unveiled its draft budget for 2026, proposing sweeping spending cuts aimed at curbing rising debt, even as the government faces a projected deficit of 9.9 billion euros (11.55 billion U.S. dollars). Total...
I stayed at the new West Sussex luxury health club featuring a stunning spa garden, padel courts and a state-of-the-art gym
Sussex World
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August 13, 2025
Everywhere from the reception desk, to the clubroom/restaurant, gym, pool, changing rooms, outdoor spa garden and sports courts have been transformed into a luxury adults-only health club. The Hassocks-based club also has a few hotel rooms, which...
Why the majority of pharma brands aren’t using sound effectively
Medical Marketing and Media
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Imagine entering a hospital lobby to the sound of beach sand crunching and distant seagulls. In the elevator is the sound of the wind and flutes. Each floor has varying sound themes. This is reality for Helsinki New Children’s Hospital in Finland,...
Defence Ministry launches fitness scheme for future conscripts
Helsinki Times
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August 19, 2025
The Finnish Ministry of Defence has announced a new programme aimed at improving the physical condition of young people before they begin compulsory military service. The scheme will begin in autumn 2025 in five municipalities: Taipalsaari,...
Finnish mothers labour two hours more than 20 years ago
Yle Uutiset
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August 10, 2025
Longer deliveries may be tied to the rising age of mothers, according to researchers. Open image viewer Tiny baby socks decorate the halls of the maternity ward at Lapland Central Hospital. Image: Marjukka Talvitie / Yle Vaginal births in Finland...
World’s healthcare leaders set to return to Riyadh for Global Health Exhibition 2025 in October
DOTmed
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – May 2025: Under the patronage of the Ministry of Health and supported by Vision 2030, KSA Health Sector Transformation Program and organised by Tahaluf - the Global Health Exhibition (GHE) returns to the Riyadh Exhibition...
Doctors Say the Nordic Diet Rivals the Mediterranean for Weight Loss and Heart Health
Best Life - New York
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August 13, 2025
The Mediterranean diet has become the holy grail of healthy eating. Research shows that it can improve cognitive health and memory, reduce prostate cancer risk, lower the risk of heart attack and stroke, help with weight loss, prevent macular...
Oligoclonal Bands as Predictors of Disease Severity and Prognosis in Anti-NMDAR Encephalitis
Dove Medical Press
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August 13, 2025
Introduction Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis, caused by GluN1 subunit-targeting antibodies, ranks among the most prevalent forms of autoimmune encephalitides.1 Anti-NMDAR encephalitis is characterized by multiple clinical...
This photograph taken on December 7, 2021, shows a sign of the World Health Organisation (WHO) at its headquarters in Geneva.
Buenos Aires Times
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August 11, 2025
Around the world, an invisible threat is increasing the risk of disease, shortening lives and fraying the fabric of our communities. Social disconnection — when a person lacks sufficient social contact, feels unsupported in their existing...