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City Council bill would pay drug users to return used needles

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City Council bill would pay drug users to return used needles

Socialist and progressive city council members are looking to advance a bill that would pay drug users to return spent paraphernalia as the number of discarded needles in New York City has more than doubled over the last year. The proposed cash-for-addicts program “would authorize the [Department of Health and Mental Hygiene] to set the … Read more

Reusable contact lens users are nearly four times more likely to develop serious eye infection

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Reusable contact lens users are nearly four times more likely to develop serious eye infection

People who wear reusable contact lenses are nearly four times more likely to develop a rare eye infection that could rob them of their sight, a study has found. The British scientists behind the research also warned that wearing lenses in the shower, swimming pools and while sleeping raised the risk too. In the study, … Read more