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Stay Tuned to Your Body's Clock for Better Health
Disrupting the body’s circadian rhythms can interfere with your health, leading to heart problems, obesity and diabetes. The AHA offers tips for staying in sync.
The Uplifting Power of Self-Affirmations
Taking time to affirm what matters to you can derail anxiety and negative thoughts. It also gives well-being a long-lasting boost.
Take Steps to Reduce Your Risk of Heart Disease
Getting just 4,000 steps in two or three times a week can help seniors reduce heart disease and mortality risk, even weekend warriors.
Breast Tumors' Genetic Signatures Create Treatment Opportunities
Sequencing the genes of tumors opens up the possibility of personalized and more successful breast cancer treatments -- and saved lives.
Why We Vote the Way We Do
What affects your vote the most -- your neighborhood, the people you interact with daily or online community? The answer may surprise you.
Despite the Hoopla, Vaccines Should Be in Reach This Cough-and-Cold Season
Fall marks the start of flu, Covid and respiratory syncytial virus season. Despite the mixed messages lately, vaccines are available.
AI-Assisted Drug Discovery
AI could save researchers millions of dollars and lots of time as they search for drugs to curb diseases like IBS that are marked by antibiotic resistance.
An Add-On Improves Treatment for Resistant Prostate Cancer
Changes in BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes can reduce DNA repair and make cancer recovery difficult. Now men with resistant prostate cancer have a promising treatment option.
Human Papilloma Virus, a Cause of Cervical Cancer, Sidelined by a Vaccine
HPV vaccines protect the vaccinated as well as those unable to get the shot. But don’t rely on others to protect you; it's not a free ride.
What Income Inequality Does to Kids' Brains
Kids living in areas of economic inequality show brain changes reflecting stress and which raise the likelihood of anxiety and depression.
Why Democrats Are Casting the Government Shutdown as a Health Care Showdown
It's about timing: Healthcare premiums are set to jump after enrollees choose a plan and after a budget that so far fails to protect them has been approved.
A Cannabis - Type 2 Diabetes Connection
Long-term cannabis users have higher rates of type 2 diabetes. Do edibles change that risk?
Overcoming Senior Setbacks: The Keys to Resilience in Aging
Aging delivers challenges to everyone, but many seniors regain their wellbeing after setbacks. Here's what helps older folks bounce back.
Ticks Are Migrating, Raising Disease Risks if They Can’t Be Tracked Quickly Enough
Lyme disease, the often debilitating infection carried by deer ticks, started in Connecticut. It has recently shown up in Montana.
A Nutritional Hedge Against Skin Cancer's Return
A form of vitamin B3, nicotinamide, seems to reduce risk of recurrence of basal cell carcinoma and other skin cancers by over 50 percent.
You May Want to Keep Your Head Out of the Game
Call it soccer or call it football, heading the ball is associated with brain changes that can lead to cognitive deficits later on -- even among amateur players.
GLP-1 Drugs May Be No Match for Emotional Eating
People who eat as a way to manage their emotions seem to lose less weight with the new diet drugs than those who are simply attracted to the sight and smell of food.
Acupuncture Shows Promise for Low Back Pain
Acupuncture can give older adults a safe effective option for chronic lower back pain relief -- and its benefits often last quite a while.
Parents Who Keep Their Kids Up at Night
Screen time isn't the only thing disturbing teens' sleep. Parental conflict and mental health struggles keep them up, too, and deserve attention.
IVF Fertility Treatments Go to Pot
Using cannabis during fertility treatment can affect egg cells and lead to chromosomal changes that could be passed on to an embryo.