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This Habit Could Help Prevent AFib.
Some arrhythmias are harmless and cause no symptoms. Others can lead to stroke, heart failure, or sudden cardiac arrest.... Read More
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How Machines Improve Doctors
Google’s deep learning model for mammography outperformed human radiologists in spotting breast cancer, reducing false positives by 5.7% and false negatives by 9.4% in U.S. data.... Read More
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The Scan That Sees Everything — And What It Can’t Undo
CT scans could account for 5% of all new cancer diagnoses annually, on par with risks from alcohol or obesity.... Read More
Five Silent Killers
Even without any of the five major risk factors, the lifetime risk of cardiovascular disease remains significant, 13% for women and 21% for men. ... Read More
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· In: health, insomnia, naps, sleep, Wellness
A Power Nap Guide
HARDLY A WEEK GOES BY WHEN A PATIENT DOESN’T ASK me about short sleep. And the inevitable follow-up question: Do naps salvage a sleepless night? Today I offer a power... Read More

· In: cancer, cancer research, cancer risk reduction, cancer screening, Wellness
A New Cancer Screening Test
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a study to see if the Galleri blood test can reduce late-stage cancer diagnoses for cancers that don’t have traditional screening approaches. Today,... Read More

· In: exercise, exercise, fitness, health, heart health, Lifestyle, Wellness
7 Exercise Snacks
DO YOU FIND IT CHALLENGING TO SET ASIDE dedicated time for extensive exercise routines? Today, I want to explore exercise snacks: 7 tiny workouts for big results. The world seems... Read More

· In: COVID-19, infection, long COVID, Wellness
Long COVID-19 and Vaccines
Long COVID-19 syndrome involves a variety of new, returning, or ongoing symptoms that individuals experience more than four weeks after getting an infection. For some, post-COVID-19 syndrome lasts months or years or causes disability.... Read More

· In: bone health, Wellness, women's health
How to Make Your Bones Strong
Bone is living tissue, one that constantly breaks down and replaces itself. Osteoporosis happens when the new bone formation does not keep up with the bone loss.... Read More

· In: Wellness
3 Breast Cancer Myths You Should Know About
I hear this at least once a week: Nobody in my family had breast cancer; I am surprised that I have it. The American Cancer Society offers that “approximately 5 to 10 percent of breast cancer cases are hereditary, meaning that they result directly from gene changes (mutations) passed on from a parent.”... Read More

· In: brain health, health, high blood pressure (hypertension), Wellness
Brain Aging – Do This to Slow It Down
The participants had measures of their blood pressure up to four times over 12 years. Researchers used blood pressure measurements and brain scans to determine brain age, a measure of brain health.... Read More

· In: aging, cardiovascular health, exercise, fitness, health, health span, heart health, Lifestyle, walking, Wellness
This Habit Could Help Prevent AFib.
Some arrhythmias are harmless and cause no symptoms. Others can lead to stroke, heart failure, or sudden cardiac arrest.... Read More

· In: AI, artificial intelligence, artificial intelligence (AI), breast cancer, cancer, chemotherapy, health, Wellness
How Machines Improve Doctors
Google’s deep learning model for mammography outperformed human radiologists in spotting breast cancer, reducing false positives by 5.7% and false negatives by 9.4% in U.S. data.... Read More

· In: cancer, cancer incidence, cancer screening, cancer statistics, health, Wellness
The Scan That Sees Everything — And What It Can’t Undo
CT scans could account for 5% of all new cancer diagnoses annually, on par with risks from alcohol or obesity.... Read More

· In: Wellness
Five Silent Killers
Even without any of the five major risk factors, the lifetime risk of cardiovascular disease remains significant, 13% for women and 21% for men. ... Read More

· In: aging, health, health disparities, health span, longevity, Wellness
Even Rich Americans Are Dying Younger
The wealthiest northern and western Europeans had a mortality rate about one-third (35%) lower than the wealthiest Americans.... Read More

· In: aging, diet, diet and health, Food, food and health, health, health span, healthspan, heart health, longevity, Wellness
The Secret to Fewer Fractures and a Stronger Heart After 60?
Even modest but consistent changes to your diet in your 60s can make a meaningful difference to your health well into your 70s and 80s. ... Read More

· In: Depression, diet, diet and health, mental health, Wellness
This Diet Helps Many With Depression
What the evidence supports: ✅ Plenty of fruits and vegetables (especially leafy greens and berries) ✅ Whole grains instead of refined carbohydrates ✅ Legumes, nuts, and seeds for fiber and minerals ✅ Fatty fish like salmon or sardines, for omega-3s ✅ Olive oil as a primary fat source ✅ Limit ultra-processed foods, sugary snacks, fried items, and soft drinks... Read More

· In: cancer screening, health, lung cancer, Wellness
The Breath Test That’s Changing Cancer Detection
Studies have demonstrated that trained canines can accurately identify prostate, lung, and breast cancers by sniffing breath, urine, or sweat samples.... Read More