People with a serious mental illness (SMI), like schizophrenia, often experience obesity. And in the UK, such people are almost twice as likely to be obese compared to those without a diagnosis.
Jul 18, 2023
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Having a rare genetic disease is actually pretty common. Rare diseases affect approximately 1 in 10 individuals, and more than 30 million people in the U.S. have a rare disease diagnosis. What makes them rare is that these ...
High rates of smoking among people with HIV are associated with high rates of comorbid health problems—which are associated with characteristics including gender, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status, according to a ...
Jul 14, 2023
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Black residents living in highly segregated neighborhoods have significantly shortened life expectancies, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study published July 14 in JAMA Health Forum.
Jul 14, 2023
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For patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma, excluding the effects of coexisting conditions can lead to underestimation or overestimation of survival, according to a study published online July 10 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head ...
Jul 13, 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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Adiponectin, a hormone secreted by adipose tissue, plays a doubly important role in preserving pancreatic function. In lean people, it protects beta cells, which make insulin, and in obese people, it reverses damage to fatty ...
Jul 13, 2023
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Aging brings wisdom and experience; however, for some individuals getting older can also mean health challenges, loss of friends, and decreased mobility, leading to social isolation. Both the U.S. Surgeon General and the ...
Jul 6, 2023
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Despite overall national declines in smoking, Americans who live in the South and Midwest are still much more likely to smoke, and smoke more, than those living in other states, a new report shows.
Jul 5, 2023
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It's unusual to throw a birthday party for a health care system, but that's exactly what the U.K. did for the National Health Service, a beloved but increasingly creaky institution that turned 75 on Wednesday.
Jul 5, 2023
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