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Decline in Physical Activity Precedes Cardiovascular Events

Decline in Physical Activity Precedes Cardiovascular Events

TOPLINE: Moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) begins declining approximately 12 years before the onset of cardiovascular disease (CVD), with steeper drops 2 years before its onset. Black women consistently showed the lowest levels of MVPA and were at more than four times higher risk for low MVPA after a cardiovascular event than other groups. METHODOLOGY: Researchers analyzed data from …

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Chikungunya virus alert: How a mosquito bite this monsoon can trigger severe arthritis-like pain that can last up to 5 years |

Chikungunya virus alert: How a mosquito bite this monsoon can trigger severe arthritis-like pain that can last up to 5 years |

A serious health warning is now being issued worldwide. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has sounded an early alarm about the growing risk of a global chikungunya epidemic, a viral disease many have barely heard of, yet one that has already infected millions in the past and is now gaining pace once again.According to WHO’s Diana Rojas Alvarez, the early …

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Summer Covid cases are rising across the U.S. — Is it time for a vaccine?

Summer Covid cases are rising across the U.S. — Is it time for a vaccine?

As Covid cases begin to rise this summer, many may be wondering: What are my risks, and is it time to get another vaccine? As of July 15, Covid cases were growing or likely growing in 27 states including Texas, Illinois, Kentucky, Virginia and Ohio, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Rates of positive Covid tests have …

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Alcohol use is up among women — and health consequences have followed

Alcohol use is up among women — and health consequences have followed

The risk that alcohol poses to women’s health has mounted over the last two decades, as they have begun to drink more frequently and in larger quantities. Alcohol-related deaths among women more than doubled from 1999 to 2020. And deaths from alcohol-related hepatitis, a disease resulting in severe liver inflammation, nearly tripled among women over the same time period. A …

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Mosquitos in central Mass. town test positive for EEE

Mosquitos in central Mass. town test positive for EEE

Local News It is the first time this year that the virus has been detected in the state. Mosquitoes carry the West Nile Virus, which spreads to humans through bites from infected mosquitoes. Rick Bowmer The mosquito-borne illness eastern equine encephalitis has been detected in Massachusetts for the first time this year, state health officials announced Wednesday. The virus was …

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Weight-Loss Drugs Are Driving a New Eating Disorder Crisis in the US

Weight-Loss Drugs Are Driving a New Eating Disorder Crisis in the US

The last thing Chevese Turner needed was medication to help her lose weight. Twenty years into recovery from binge eating disorder and atypical anorexia, she was done trying to whittle her physique into something it didn’t want to be. But after developing diabetes a few years ago, her doctor prescribed Mounjaro, a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (or GLP-1) that helps …

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