MedicalXpress – Health

An unhealthy diet and an indolent life are well known causes of heart disease and stroke. But sleep apnea—where people temporarily stop breathing while asleep because their airway collapses—is also a major risk factor for […]

The U.S. syphilis epidemic slowed dramatically last year, gonorrhea cases fell and chlamydia cases remained below prepandemic levels, according to federal data released Tuesday.This post was originally published on this site

One of the first studies to compare the actual conversation between patient and clinician during a primary care appointment with the information subsequently entered by the clinician into the patient’s electronic health record (EHR) for […]

Suicide remains a pressing public health concern. An estimated 703,000 people die by suicide each year worldwide, according to The World Health Organization. In 2022, there were 49,449 suicides in the United States.This post was […]

Nicotine vapes are sometimes marketed as aids for cigarette smoking cessation. However, teens do not typically turn to electronic nicotine vapes to curb smoking habits, according to University of Michigan research.This post was originally published […]

A paper in Nicotine and Tobacco Research finds that people who switch from smoking cigarettes to vaping see improved respiratory health, but people who begin consuming electronic cigarettes while continuing to smoke regular cigarettes do […]

Former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed that if President-elect Donald Trump appointed him to a health leadership position, the first thing he would work on would be removing fluoride from water.This post was […]

People with larger bodies commonly face a pervasive, resilient form of social stigma, often facing discrimination in the workplace as well as in educational and health care settings.This post was originally published on this site

For many people, filling out paperwork about their family’s health history is a routine part of a medical visit. For adopted people like Ramya Gruneisen, it’s impossible.This post was originally published on this site