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US Politics 17w
Health is political: Heart edition - Schedules that demand <6 hours of sleep increase risk of heart failure, stroke, sudden death - Air pollution hardens arteries - Stress overload leads to high blood pressure - No dental insurance? Worse cardiac outcomes
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Anonymous 17w

The link between poverty and worse healthcare outcomes is not talked about enough

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 17w

Social media has made health & fitness hyper-individualistic and “excuse-free” (largely to sell products & services like supplements, meal plans, health foods, personal training, etc.) but the truth is you cannot outrun a bad diet (or a bad public health system & suffering environment).

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