Step up: How to build a walking habit, 500 steps at a time
Starting a walking routine takes very little: comfortable, supportive shoes and your own two feet.
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Population Characteristics: News and Research on Demography
MeSH tree: N01.224
AI misuse and nuclear famine could threaten humanity's survival before 2100
The fate of global health does not rest on any single disease. True preparedness means pairing the fight against illness with strength in finance, climate, defense and security. The COVID-19 pandemic, which brought the world ...
A new approach to kidney matching could save lives
Although more than 100,000 people are on the national transplant waiting list in the U.S., thousands of donated kidneys are discarded each year, often because they're slightly older, with fewer years of remaining function.
Oct 13, 2026
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Why most health apps are biased even before their first lines of code are written
Many of us use digital health tools every day, such as period trackers, fitness apps or online quizzes to check our mental health.
Oct 10, 2026
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The circumstances you grow up in are linked to how long you live
Poorer people, on average, live shorter lives. This pattern can be seen even in wealthy countries with extensive welfare systems. In Norway, for example, 40-year-old men in the richest 1% could expect to live almost 14 years ...
Oct 10, 2026
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Global injury crisis highlights urgent need for smarter trauma care
A study of almost 9,000 injury patients across Africa and South Asia has found that nearly half were dead or disabled after three months—highlighting the need for smarter, locally tailored trauma-care systems.
Oct 8, 2026
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For-profit hospitals linked to worse patient outcomes and nurse staffing shortfalls, new study finds
Patients treated at for-profit hospitals experienced higher mortality and readmission rates, while nurses working in those hospitals reported less safe staffing and substantially worse working conditions, according to a new ...
Oct 8, 2026
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Starting Alzheimer's treatment earlier increases benefits to patients and society
New treatments that can slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease could provide significant lifetime benefits to patients and society, with even greater benefits when initiated earlier, according to new research from the ...
Oct 7, 2026
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Abortion bans make health care more expensive
A new preliminary study from the University of Michigan shows that state abortion bans implemented following the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision in June 2022 are associated with women paying more for health insurance, adding ...
Oct 6, 2026
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Children facing multiple adversities growing up are more likely to die at a younger age
Imagine a child who has been hospitalized numerous times. Perhaps they were also diagnosed with a mental health condition as a teenager. At the same time, they grew up in a family affected by unemployment, poverty or alcohol ...
Oct 5, 2026
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