If you’ve got raised cholesterol, the first symptom you get could be a heart attack or stroke. That’s the scary reality of this fatty substance in our blood, which we actually need to stay healthy, because every cell in our body uses it. But too much of it can lead to a higher risk of…
Employers throughout the U.S. expect their group health plan premiums to increase, on average, a bit above or below 5 percent in 2022, even after taking cost-management initiatives into account, according to recent employer surveys. Overall costs for health claims are also expected to rise, health insurers forecast.Higher PremiumsBased on responses from 378 U.S. employers during…
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The researchers are using a fleet of 20 long-duration balloons to study the equatorial stratosphere for several months. (Albert Hertzog) Photo license Purchase photo (Seychelles News Agency) – Seychelles is being used as the base for an Earth observation programme using stratospheric super pressure balloons led by the French national scientific research centre, CNES. A…
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