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The prevalence of dementia in the United States is declining among people over age 65, falling dramatically from 2000 to 2016, a RAND Corp. study says....Read More

The incidence of myocarditis is two- to threefold higher after a second dose of the Moderna Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine compared to the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, a study released Monday says....Read More

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic caused a significant spike in the volume of adolescents and young adults seeking care for eating disorders, a new study says....Read More

Pfizer and BioNTech jointly announced Friday that their latest COVID-19 bivalent booster vaccine is much more effective that the original vaccine was against Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants for people over 55....Read More

The risk of stomach bleeding from long-term aspirin use can be reduced by taking a short course of antibiotics, which could potentially improve the safety of aspirin taken to prevent heart attacks or stroke....Read More

More than 18 million adults ages 40 and older in the United States are living with early-stage age-related macular degeneration, and another 1.5 million are in the late stages of the eye disease, a new study...

New research shows TikTok videos about exercise and dieting create an unhealthy association between weight loss and health, doing more harm than good to people trying to improve their wellness....Read More

People in their 20s and 30s who drink moderate to heavy amounts of alcohol may be more likely to have a stroke as young adults than are nondrinkers or people who drink lightly, a new study...

A personalized approach to kidney screening for people with Type 1 diabetes may reduce the time that chronic kidney disease — for which they are at high risk — goes undetected, the National Institutes of Health...

Online requests for mail-order abortion pills surged after the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe vs. Wade, according to a new study that found more women are turning to the Internet to self-manage abortion....Read More