Archive: 07/12/2018
Nearly two-thirds of people at high risk of heart disease and stroke have excess belly fat
Nearly two-thirds of people at high risk of heart disease and stroke have excess belly fat, according to results of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) EUROASPIRE V survey presented today at the World Congress of Cardiology ...
Dec 7, 2018
Black women have worse breast cancer outcomes despite receiving similar treatment as white women
Even with equivalent treatments in women with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, black women had significantly higher breast cancer recurrence and increased overall mortality compared to white women in ...
Dec 7, 2018
In times of low unemployment, nursing home quality suffers
The low unemployment rate in the U.S.—which fell to a 49 year-low in September and October—is good news to many people, but perhaps not to residents of nursing homes. A Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) study ...
Dec 7, 2018