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Researchers assessed the sitting habits of older, post-menopausal women and found that those who spent more time seated, and were either overweight or obese, had a higher risk of heart disease and diabetes....Read More

Survivors of childhood cancer are at increased risk for severe health problems later in life compared to the general population, according to a study published Friday in the journal The Lancet Oncology....Read More

A case report published in the New England Journal of Medicine describing a Bangkok cabbie who may have caught COVID-19 from Chinese tourists raises new questions about person-to-person transmission of the virus....Read More

Cocoa may help improve walking and lower-leg blood flow in adults with peripheral artery disease, according to a study published Friday in the journal Circulation Research....Read More

China revised down its death toll Friday from coronavirus by 108 due to “repeated statistics,” the National Health Commission said, adjusting the tally to 1,308 since the outbreak began in December....Read More

Chronic kidney disease has been described as a “global killer in plain sight” by the authors of a new analysis estimating the prevalence of the condition....Read More

Residents of Latin American countries and U.S. citizens of Latin descent are less likely to die prematurely than white and black Americans, a new analysis has found....Read More

A new study in JAMA Ophthalmology adds to mounting evidence that “headers” can cause significant brain trauma, even in older players, including effects on brain and eye function....Read More

CDC officials Thursday confirmed the 15th case of COVID-19 in the United States, the second new U.S. case in less than 24 hours....Read More

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said Wednesday they expect the 2019 novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, outbreak to “take a foothold” in the United States before it is contained....Read More