A new study involving over 700,000 U.S. veterans reports that people who adopt eight healthy lifestyle habits by middle age can expect to live substantially longer than those with few or none of these habits. The eight habits ...
Jul 24, 2023
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Income and healthy food accessibility are associated with life expectancy, with the lowest life expectancy in low-income/low-access census tracts, according to a study published online June 28 in the Journal of Urban Health.
Jul 13, 2023
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The total estimated cost of birth defect-associated hospitalizations was $22.2 billion in the United States in 2019, according to research published in the July 7 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
Jul 7, 2023
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Adults in Arizona can now obtain contraceptive medications over the counter at a pharmacy without a doctor's prescription under a governor's order announced Thursday.
Jul 7, 2023
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Atherosclerosis—the much-feared 'hardening' of our arteries—impacts our health long before the appearance of symptomatic cardiovascular disease. A new study by a team at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares ...
Jun 21, 2023
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For newborns with congenital hypothyroidism, early diagnosis spells the difference between a normal, healthy life and lifelong disability.
May 8, 2023
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The intestinal microbiota is the set of bacteria and viruses that live inside your gut. Microbiota perform a variety of functions, including digesting food and protecting against specific pathogens.
May 3, 2023
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Neuroscience Research Australia and the University of New South Wales, Australia, research has examined the sociodemographic, psychosocial, cognitive and life event predictors of well-being. The study, published in Scientific ...
Muscle function typically improves during adolescence and deteriorates with age. Sarcopenia is one such type of muscle weakening, caused primarily by the natural aging process. As compared to other ethnicities, Asians with ...
Apr 25, 2023
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Many Americans went hungry in 2021, including disproportionate numbers of people with disabilities and single parents, a new government report shows.
Apr 20, 2023
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