Nearly half of dementia cases are preventable, but new research shows most awareness campaigns aren't changing habits.

A novel study empirically linking a standardized measure of community resilience in more than 3,100 U.S. counties to cognitive, mental, and physical health outcomes shows that counties with fewer ...

A recent review found that there were several modifiable and nonmodifiable factors that can affect the treatment adherence of patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Modifiable and nonmodifiable risk ...

Findings of a Mendelian randomization analysis showed that greater body mass index as a child and adult and incidence of smoking were associated with an increased risk of psoriasis, whereas having ...

Modifiable health risks, such as obesity, high blood pressure, and smoking, were linked to over $730 billion in health care spending in the US in 2016, according to a study published in The Lancet ...

A total of 770 citations were reviewed. Eighteen studies were identified for qualitative synthesis, with seven colorectal cancer (CRC) studies eligible for meta-analysis. Obesity (HR, 2.38 [95% CI, ...

Systemic inflammation, long recognized to be associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular (CV) events, has now been labelled “actionable” by the American College of Cardiology (ACC). This ...

The normal range of blood pressure is 120/80 mm Hg. The blood pressure is said to be high when the reading is higher than the normal range. The blood pressure is elevated when the force of the blood ...