About one-quarter of women report leisure-time activity meeting recommendations for both aerobic and muscle-strengthening physical activity, according to research published in the Dec. 18 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease ...
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For patients at high cardiovascular risk with overweight or obesity, semaglutide is associated with reduced burden of total hospital admissions, according to a study published online in JAMA Cardiology.
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Research to help reduce inflammation in the uterus of livestock animals could help pave the way for developing new drugs to treat infertility in women, according to a scientific review published in Nature Reviews Immunology.
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After a year of major shifts in the federal government's policy toward vaccines, Americans are now more likely to trust the American Medical Association than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention when the two conflict ...
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New regulations come into force Monday in Britain banning daytime TV and online adverts for so-called junk foods, in what the government calls a "world-leading action" to tackle childhood obesity.
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As the UK's population continues to age, obesity and obesity-related diseases are an increasing burden on the NHS. However, the use of more accurate screening tools, such as waist-to-height ratio, could help ensure older ...
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A new national study examines the long-term health risks faced by law enforcement officers. J.C. Barnes, a University of Cincinnati professor of criminal justice and one of the study's lead researchers, said the physical ...
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A genetic mutation passed from mother to children in families affected by schizophrenia has now been shown to completely silence a brain receptor that pharmaceutical companies are racing to target with new drugs.
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Flu cases in Boston and across Massachusetts are continuing to tick up as a new variant circulates, with public health officials reminding residents it's not too late to get vaccinated.
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Several Eastern Shore hospitals have reinstated masking mandates this week, joining a growing number of health care centers in Maryland reporting unusually high numbers of influenza cases.
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