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Full body scans miss the mark when it comes to improving U.S. disease prevention
NPR· 14 hours agoMammograms — low-dose X-rays of the breasts — for example, are recommended for average-risk women starting at age 40 to identify breast cancer& ...
Can Weight Loss Drugs Like Wegovy and Zepbound Help You Live a Longer Life?
Healthline via AOL· 12 hours agoCancer “Obesity is a well-established risk factor for several types of cancer, including but not...
Older women are different than older men. Their health is woefully understudied
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 6 hours agoCurrently, women 75 and older are lumped together even though some are remarkably healthy and others...
Never Give Up and Always Keep the Faith—90 Quotes About Breast Cancer That Resonate
Parade via AOL· 5 days ago"Once I overcame breast cancer, I wasn’t afraid of anything anymore." — Melissa Etheridge 5. "I very...
What Is Stiff-Person Syndrome?
The Cut· 14 hours agoTwo years ago, Céline Dion announced she had been diagnosed with stiff-person syndrome, a rare neurological disease that causes involuntary spasms and...
How mammograms can reveal heart disease | Texarkana Gazette
Texarkana Gazette· 2 days agoWomen in the U.S. go for 40 million screening mammograms every year. And not only does that give...
Vander Wilt overcomes cancer, set to celebrate as Heart and Sole Cancer Walk event co-chair
The Daily Republic, Mitchell, S.D. via Yahoo News· 6 days agoJun. 12—EDITOR'S NOTE — This is the first of two stories featuring this year's honorary co-chairs of the Heart and Sole Cancer Walk, held Friday, June 14 ...
Doctors Test Obesity Drugs’ Limits
The New York Times via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoLesa Walton suffered for years with rheumatoid arthritis. “It was awful,” said Walton, 57, who lives in Wenatchee, Washington. “I kept getting sicker and...
Genetic discoveries map out your health risks, if you can keep up with them
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 4 days agoGenetics discoveries are rapidly identifying the people at greater risk for cancers and other ...
Strictly's Amy Dowden made an MBE for services to Crohn's disease
Daily Mirror· 4 days agoStrictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden has been awarded an MBE for her services to Crohn's disease. The professional dancer, 33, was diagnosed with breast