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Children who experience the death of at least one parent before age 17 years are less likely to continue their education past high school, an analysis published Friday by JAMA Network Open found....Read More

A new study published Friday found COVID-19 vaccinations have prevented 2.2 million deaths in the United States....Read More

Quitting smoking adds up to five years of life for a person with heart disease, an analysis presented Thursday during the European Society of Cardiology’s Preventive Cardiology 2022 scientific congress found....Read More

A new artificial intelligence-based approach using scans of patients’ hearts and their medical history can predict if they will die from cardiac arrest, a study published Thursday by Nature Cardiovascular Research found....Read More

A steroid injection provides “significantly” more pain relief for people with hip osteoarthritis than other options, including exercise, weight loss and opioid drugs, for up to four months, a BMJ study found....Read More

People infected with COVID-19 are at increased risk for potentially life-threatening blood clots in their legs for up to three months after catching the virus, a study published Wednesday by the BMJ found....Read More

COVID-19 causes widespread inflammation in the bodies of those infected by killing off two types of immune cells found in the blood and lungs, according to an analysis published Wednesday by Nature....Read More

With the worst of the Omicron surge in the COVID-19 pandemic fading, people in the United States are returning to doctors’ offices, hospitals and clinics for in-person exams, cancer screenings and other medical services....Read More

More than one-third of food products advertised to kids, such as sugary cereals and sweet snacks, are not considered healthy dietary options, a report released Tuesday by the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health....Read More

Becoming pregnant, having multiple children and entering menopause at an older age may reduce a woman’s risk for developing dementia later in life, a study published Tuesday by PLOS Medicine found....Read More