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Most Americans Don't Know Alcohol's Links to Cancer

FRIDAY, Nov. 29, 2024 Less than half of Americans realize that they re increasing their risk of cancer with every beer, cocktail or shot of whiskey. Despite pub

Drinking Lots of Water Really Is Good for You, Study Finds

The collected evidence is in, and drinking about eight cups of water per day is, in fact, good for you. So says a University of California San Francisco team wh

Scientists Develop Whole New Form of Effective Asthma Treatment

Geoffrey Pointing says its hard to describe the distress of an asthma or COPD flare-up. Honestly, when you re having a flare up, it s very difficult to tell any

Your Old Pacemaker Could Be Recycled to Save a Life

Don t let your surgeon toss your old heart pacemaker out with the trash. Used pacemakers can be refurbished, researchers report, providing the potential for mor

Some HRT Pills May Pose Special Risk for Blood Clots

Certain hormone replacement therapy pills appear to increase the risk of heart disease and serious blood clots in women going through menopause, a new study say

Twice-Yearly Injection 96% Effective in Preventing HIV Infection

in an injectable that people only have to take every six months is incredible, lead researcher Dr. Colleen Kelley, a professor of medicine at Emory University,

American Heart Association, Nov. 16-18

For patients with ischemic stroke, sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists are associated with reduced mortality

Community-Level Social, Environmental Factors Tied to Mild Cognitive Impairment

Several community-wide social and environmental factors are associated with the onset of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in older dementia-free individuals, acc

Family History of Mental Illness Tied to Aggression in Those With CTE

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) pathology influences the effect of first-degree family history of mental illness (1 FHMI) on aggression among individuals

2021 to 2022 Saw Decline in Abortions in the United States

From 2021 to 2022, there was a decrease in the number of abortions performed, as well as in the abortion rate and ratio, according to research published in the

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