The food” target=”_blank”>U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)< to the food industry for voluntarily reducing nutrition-and-fitness in processed, packaged and prepared food” target=”_blank”>foods< than recommended. FDA RELEASES NEW SALT GUIDANCE AIMED AT REDUCING LEVELS “Your body needs a small amount of sodium to work properly, but too much sodium can be bad for your health….
United States drug overdose deaths exceeded 96,000 in the 12 months leading to March 2021, amid a national decline of opioid prescriptions over the past 10 years, according to provisional figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Drug-related mortality increased almost 30% from March 2020, according to recent CDC figures. In the…
Short one-on-one discussions about mental-health in a doctor’s office may reduce patients’ drinking levels, according to a study. Findings published in the Addiction journal indicated that brief interventions, described as conversations lasting under an hour and targeted to motivate changes in a patient’s risky drinking behavior, resulted in a reduction of one drinking day per…
Adults likely need at least 7,000 steps daily or should play sportsa> for more than 2.5 hours every week to maximize longevity, according to two large-scale studies.< last month, followed over 2,000 middle-aged men and women for over 10 years. When the participants first joined the study, they wore a monitor that tracked their steps…
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As temperatures cool and students return to classrooms amidst the ongoing infectious-disease, respiratory-health has arrived once again. Officials are urging Americans to get their shots and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Dir. Rochelle Walensky said last week that while she knows people are “tired of talking about vaccines,” it is still “doubly…
Researchers have reportedly found warning signs in the blood that could indicate impending mental-health” target=”_blank”>dementia.<,” scientists from the world-regions Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) and the University Medical Center Göttingen said that certain levels of microRNAs could be harbingers of the condition. PEOPLE ARE TURNING TO HORSE THERAPY TO IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH DURING THE PANDEMIC…
The world-health-organization” target=”_blank”>World Health Organization< pandemic and other pathogens of epidemic potential. The Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO) marks the global health agency’s latest attempt to unravel the beginnings of the coronavirus pandemic nine months after sending experts to China. In March, the WHO had released its report on the…
The food” target=”_blank”>U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)< in processed, packaged and prepared foods. The agency aims to cut the average sodium intake by 12% – from 3,400 to 3,000 milligrams a day – over the next two and a half years. BEHAVIORS THAT COULD CAUSE A HEART ATTACK “Although the average intake would still…
BRCA gene mutations are well known indicators of a person’s risk for cancer however the PALB2 mutation is the third most prevalent breast cancer gene experts say people should be aware of in determining risk for developing the disease. Researchers have linked the PALB2 gene mutation to diseases like breast, ovarian and pancreatic cancers, medical…