Prevalence of arthritis in US adults 18.9 percent in 2022
Mar 01, 2024
Women were more likely to have arthritis than men; the prevalence increased with older age.
Prostate cancer screening declined following 2012 USPSTF guidance
Dec 22, 2021
In addition, the rates of metastatic disease increased across all races, but particularly among Black men.
BP control lower for current smokers, especially men
Nov 15, 2021
Rates of BP control were lower for current smokers; 45.5% of men had blood pressure >180 and/or >100 mm Hg.
Incidence of oropharyngeal cancer projected to rise in U.S. Men
Dec 17, 2021
Under a status quo scenario based on current levels of HPV vaccination, 792,000 OPC cases in men would be prevented by the year 2100 via HPV vaccination.
2002 to 2014 saw increase in hypertensive crisis hospitalizations
Feb 01, 2022
The increase in crisis hospitalizations was steady for men and women; a decrease was seen in the odds of death during these crises.
Risk of migraine may be higher with rosacea
Jul 01, 2021
Men with rosacea have twice the risk for self-reported migraine versus those without rosacea.
COPD set to reach about 600 million cases worldwide by 2050
Dec 11, 2023
The number of cases is projected to increase by 47.1% among women versus 9.4% among men by 2050.
Low prostate cancer-specific mortality seen for men with localized disease
Mar 13, 2023
Prostate cancer-specific mortality was low for men randomly assigned to active monitoring, prostatectomy or radiotherapy.
1990 to 2019 saw doubling of number of people with hypertension
Aug 25, 2021
The researchers found that despite a stable global age-standardized prevalence, from 1990 to 2019, the number of people aged 30 to 79 years with hypertension doubled from 331 and 317 million women and...
Muscle adiposity tied to cognitive decline
Jun 09, 2023
A five-year increase in fat stored in the thigh muscle was tied to cognitive decline in older men and women.