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Not pulling the rom-com-inspired strings here, but it should not even be up for debate why paying attention to heart health is so important. This one organ of the human body is glorified for all things emotional (isn’t it romantic!), and not nearly enough for all the functional purposes it serves. The heart is responsible for pumping blood, oxygen, and …

GBD Causes of Death Collaborators. Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet 403, 2100–2132 (2024). Goh, R. S. J. et al. The burden of cardiovascular disease in Asia from 2025 to 2050: a forecast …

Up to 53 million American women of childbearing age have at least one risk factor that increases the odds of severe birth defects. A CDC study including survey responses from more than 5,300 women as young as 12 and up to 49 reported that over 66 percent had at least one risk factor: obesity, diabetes, a history of smoking, food …

Exercise is a cornerstone of good health and evidence shows it can even help prevent cancers returning following treatment. But new findings are raising an unexpected question: could very high-volume endurance training carry its own risks? At the 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting, researchers from Inova Schar Cancer Institute reported that a surprising number of dedicated marathon and …

Could a simple device hold the key to a healthier mind as we age? Discover the surprising link between hearing aids and a reduced risk of dementia. Age-related hearing loss is a common factor in the development of dementia There’s one commonly used item among the ageing population that could reduce the risk of dementia considerably. New research suggests that …

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 300 million Americans’ Social Security data was put at risk after Department of Government Efficiency officials uploaded sensitive information to a cloud account not subject to oversight, according to a whistleblower disclosure submitted to the special counsel’s office Tuesday. Whistleblower Charles Borges, who worked as the chief data officer at the Social Security Administration since …

The Trump administration directed 40 states, five territories and Washington, D.C., to remove references to transgender people from their sex education programs or risk losing federal funding. The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), a division of the Department of Health and Human Services, sent letters Tuesday demanding that the health departments in these states and territories remove “all references …

Exercise is a cornerstone of good health and evidence shows it can even help prevent cancers returning following treatment. But new findings are raising an unexpected question: could very high-volume endurance training carry its own risks? At the 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting, researchers from Inova Schar Cancer Institute reported that a surprising number of dedicated marathon and …

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A closed entrance to the Social Security Administration headquarters sits empty in Woodlawn, Md., on March 20. Wesley Lapointe/The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Wesley Lapointe/The Washington Post/Getty Images A whistleblower says that a former senior DOGE official now at the Social Security Administration copied the Social Security numbers, names and birthdays of over 300 million Americans to …