New research confirms that alcohol is not your friend as you age: Even light drinking was linked to an increase in cancer deaths among older adults, with the raised risk most pronounced in those who had other health problems ...
Aug 13, 2024
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A new study of more than 10,000 non-smoking adults found that solid lung nodules were present in a considerable portion of study participants. Non-smokers are traditionally thought to be at low risk for lung nodules and lung ...
Aug 13, 2024
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For years, the question of whether to take medication to lower high blood pressure had been partly answered by a tool that calculated someone's 10-year risk of having a heart attack or stroke.
Aug 13, 2024
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A study of more than 400,000 people tracked for up to 24 years finds that those who got their dietary fat from plants versus animals had significantly lower odds of dying during the study period.
Aug 12, 2024
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Corewell Health and Michigan State University researchers are the first in the state to use de-identified electronic health records of more than 1.5 million patients to analyze incidence rates and risk factors of mild cognitive ...
Aug 12, 2024
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When people think of Olympic athletes, they're often thinking about winners. But competing for an Olympic medal is an unpredictable pursuit that results in disappointment for most.
Aug 8, 2024
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Nationally, falls remain the leading cause of both fatal and non-fatal injuries in older adults and are the leading cause of traumatic brain injury. In 2021, falls led to the deaths of 36,500 older adults in the United States ...
Aug 8, 2024
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Now that the vast majority of Americans don't smoke, it's hard to know what we're supposed to do about the recent news that 40% of cancer cases are preventable. Drinking alcohol is one of the top risk factors—and yet doctors ...
Aug 8, 2024
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New Corewell Health research suggests an MRI scan can help predict whether patients with intermediate-risk prostate cancer (cancer confined to the entire prostate) may have more aggressive cancer in five years. Knowing this ...
Aug 7, 2024
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Patients with alopecia areata (AA) have a higher prevalence of autoimmune and psychiatric comorbidities at time of diagnosis as well as a higher risk for new-onset autoimmune and psychiatric comorbidities after diagnosis, ...
Aug 7, 2024
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