Half U.S. Adults Have Diabetes or Pre-Diabetes In 2011-2012, the estimated prevalence of diabetes among U.S. adults was 12 percent to 14 percent and the prevalence of pre-diabetes was 37 percent to 38 percent, indicating that about half of the U.S. adult population has either diabetes or pre-diabetes, according to...
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Life Expectancy Climbs Worldwide but We’re Living with More Illness (Video)
Life Expectancy Climbs Worldwide but We’re Living with More Illness (Video)
Knee and Hip Replacements May Be Bad for the Heart (Video)
Knee and Hip Replacements May Be Bad for the Heart (Video)
Working Long Hours Linked to Higher Risk of Stroke (Video)
Working Long Hours Linked to Higher Risk of Stroke (Video)
Physical Activity, Nutrient Supplementation Interventions Fail to Have Significant Effect on Cognitive Function (Video)
Physical Activity, Nutrient Supplementation Interventions Fail to Have Significant Effect on Cognitive Function (Video)
People with Type 2 Diabetes at Double the Risk for Alzheimer’s
People with Type 2 Diabetes at Double the Risk for Alzheimer’s Diabetes may be linked to the buildup of tangles or tau in the brain, separate from AlzheimerÛªs disease, according to a new study published in the online version of Neurologyå¨, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology....
Life Expectancy Climbs Worldwide but People Spend More Years Living with Illness and Disability
Life Expectancy Climbs Worldwide but People Spend More Years Living with Illness and Disability Global life expectancy has risen by more than six years since 1990 as healthy life expectancy grows. People around the world are living longer, even in some of the poorest countries, but a complex mix of...
Knee and Hip Replacements May Be Bad for the Heart
Knee and Hip Replacements May Be Bad for the Heart Boston-based researchers found that patients who had total knee or hip joint replacement surgery, known as arthroplasty, were at increased risk of heart attack in the early post-operative period. However, findings published in Arthritis & Rheumatology, a journal of the...
Working Long Hours Linked to Higher Risk of Stroke
Working Long Hours Linked to Higher Risk of Stroke Working 55 hours or more per week is linked to a 33% greater risk of stroke and a more modest (13%) increased risk of developing coronary heart disease compared with working a standard 35 to 40 hour week, according to the...
Physical Activity, Nutrient Supplementation Interventions Fail to Have Significant Effect on Cognitive Function
Physical Activity, Nutrient Supplementation Interventions Fail to Have Significant Effect on Cognitive Function Two studies in JAMA examine the effect of physical activity and nutrient supplementation on cognitive function. The news is not encouraging. In one study, Kaycee M. Sink, M.D., M.A.S., of the Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem,...