Life expectancy for men in U.S. falls to 73 years - STAT
Nov 13, 2023 · The picture is especially concerning for men, whose life expectancy is now 73.2 years, compared with women’s 79.1.This 5.9 year gap is the widest between the two genders since 1996. “Across ...
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By the numbers: America’s alcohol-related health problems ... - STAT
Jun 27, 2024 · Experts are currently evaluating the scientific evidence on alcohol’s health effects. The 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans are due at the end of next year, and could change what people in ...
Why liver experts renamed NASH to MASH, and NAFLD to MASLD …
Dec 28, 2023 · Meanwhile, rates of “fatty liver” gradually began rising. By the late 2010s, MASLD was becoming a full-blown threat, a leading cause of liver failure and need for transplant, a disease costing ...
Cancer, heart disease are most common causes of death in U.S.
Aug 8, 2024 · The report relied on death certificates from 2019 through 2023. Covid-19 was documented as the underlying or contributing cause of 76,446 deaths in 2023, a 68.9% decrease from the year before.
Statins may not be needed by millions of people, study suggests
Jun 10, 2024 · New estimates show that a revised risk calculator for cardiovascular disease places far fewer Americans — as many as 40% less — as candidates for cholesterol-lowering drugs.
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Health websites are notoriously misleading. So we rated their
Jul 26, 2019 · Websites peddling political conspiracies generate considerable attention. Data from NewsGuard indicate that websites promoting health misinformation are at least as alarming.
Experts: Trump speech patterns hint of potential cognitive decline
Aug 7, 2024 · Shifting from topic to topic, with few connections, is one of several disjointed and occasionally incoherent verbal habits that seem to have increased in Trump’s speech.
Latest Covid surge: New variants, hard-to-find tests, fewer 'novids'
Jul 18, 2024 · The virus, like other pathogens that most people shake off, can still occasionally cause severe cases. It is also still killing a few hundred people each week, the vast majority of whom are older ...