At least one in five people has obesity in each US state
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HealthDay News
Sep 12, 2024
CDC data show that in 23 states, 35% or more of the population is now obese.
Positive airway pressure use tied to lower cardiovascular events
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HealthDay News
Sep 17, 2024
Over several years, lower all-cause mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events can be seen.
Urinary cadmium levels linked to cognitive impairment in whites
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Haymarket Media
Sep 04, 2024
“[T]here are many reasons to reduce exposure to cadmium, whether it’s through implementing policies and regulations for air pollution and drinking water or people changing their behaviors by...
Mental health conditions up for partners, children of stroke survivors
Mar 19, 2024
An increase was seen in mental health conditions and self-harm and suicide for partners and adult children of stroke survivors.
Technology-use changes essential to reducing loneliness ‘epidemic,’ surgeon general warns
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John O'Connor
May 05, 2023
Reforming digital environments can help reduce a loneliness epidemic that disproportionately affects the elderly, according to US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD.
AI-enabled tool lets users ‘mirror’ clinical health check-in
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Aaron Dorman
Jan 12, 2024
A new “smart mirror” device can accurately assess vital signs such as blood pressure and even risk of heart disease.
Dementia risk score developed in UK Biobank, Whitehall cohorts
Aug 25, 2023
Score had strong discriminatory accuracy in U.K. Biobank test sample and Whitehall cohort, with AUCs of 0.80 and 0.77
Depressive symptoms linked to risk for acute stroke
Mar 08, 2023
The odds of intracerebral hemorrhage and ischemic stroke increased in association with prestroke depressive symptoms.
Social, environmental adversities increase risk for heart disease, stroke
Mar 29, 2024
Even after adjusting for socioeconomic factors, environmental factors were independently tied to higher risk.
Healthy diet including whole-fat dairy linked to lower mortality
Jul 13, 2023
The results “call for a re-evaluation of unrelenting guidelines to avoid whole-fat dairy products,” says the author of an editorial.