Obesity More Likely Before Mental Health Diagnosis

A diagnosis of obesity may precede mental health diagnoses more often than the other way around. The corresponding study was ...

Cancer Support Community and Equiva Health partner to create new industry standard for digital cancer support

CSC is using Equiva’s platform to bring digital resources to underserved communitiesWASHINGTON, June 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Cancer Support Community (CSC), a nonprofit dedicated to uplifting ...

Biological Dynamics to Highlight ExoLuminate Study for Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer in High-Risk Populations at ASCO Annual Meeting

Learn more at www.ExoLuminate.com or www.BiologicalDynamics.com. Sources SEER Explorer: An interactive website for SEER cancer statistics. Surveillance Research Program, National Cancer Institute; ...

Types of Cancer Linked to Rheumatoid Arthritis

In: StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing; 2022. American Cancer Society. Key statistics about multiple myeloma. Steiner N, Göbel G, Michaeler D, et al. Rheumatologic diseases impact the risk of ...

Rate of pregnant US women who have diabetes keeps rising

The number of American women who have diabetes when they become pregnant has increased dramatically over five years, health ...

Early-Onset diabetes linked to higher dementia risk in Florence. Doctor Explains

The research shows that those who are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes before their 60th birthday are three times more likely ...

Wharton's jelly found to halt diabetes progression in Phase II trial

Research in Sweden led by the University of Uppsala has looked into using mesenchymal stromal cells to halt the progress of ...

Median age of the U.S. population 1960-2021

Learn more about how Statista can support your business. Request webinar US Census Bureau. (December 17, 2022). Median age of the resident population of the United States from 1960 to 2021 [Graph].

Spain hopes domestic tasks app will ensure men pull their weight

The Spanish government is hoping to encourage men to do more at home by developing a free app that will log how much time each household or family member spends on domestic chores. Announcing the measure in Geneva earlier this week, Spain’s secretary of state for equality, Ángela Rodríguez, said the aim was to shed light on the invisible “mental load” overwhelmingly carried by women when it comes to domestic tasks. Rodríguez told the UN committee on the elimination of discrimination against wome

Sheriff Tom Dart is wrong on electronic monitoring

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart wants to end furlough days for those on electronic monitoring. Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times My children and I spent five months on electronic monitoring. While I was the ...

Is saturated or unsaturated fat better for health?

According to findings from a 2015 analysis, reducing saturated fat intake may produce a “small but potentially important” decrease in the risk for heart disease. The authors suggest that ...

In series 'From Birth To Death,' AP reporters examine health care and racism

At every stage of life, Black Americans grapple with health care challenges directly tied to racism. NPR's Michel Martin talks to Associated Press reporter Kat Stafford, about the year-long probe.

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Health department officials ‘raised concerns’ about Steve Barclay’s behaviour

Officials from the Department of Health have “raised concerns” about Steve Barclay’s alleged conduct towards civil servants, the Guardian has been told. Sources said the civil servants had informally complained to Chris Wormald, the department’s permanent secretary, about the way they believe they and colleagues have been treated by the health secretary. They said senior civil servants in the department had privately referred to “bullying” and other “bad behaviour” by Barclay towards his staff s

Democrats’ Dianne Feinstein dilemma: party split over senator’s diminishing health

The Democratic party is facing an internal rift over how to handle the diminishing abilities of one of their own. There is open debate within the party over whether Senator Dianne Feinstein, 89, whose health and cognitive abilities have come into question after a two-and-a-half-month absence due to shingles and other medical complications, should resign. Questions over Feinstein’s ability to effectively represent California, the most populous US state, have been a sensitive issue for Democrats g

I’m accidentally on keto after using a continuous glucose monitor and feel amazing… but also weirded out!

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Full disclosure - if you’d told me a month ago I would be on a keto diet I would have told you there was no way. I have lost a lot of weight over the last few years and did it with exercise and calorie counting and believed I was over “diets”. However, I had been having some weird symptoms for a while (thirsty all the time, craving fruit, getting shaky, headaches etc) that I’d been trying to get a handle on with no success despite eating a pret

Continuous glucose monitor

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I was thinking of trying nutrisense which is basically tracking using a continuous glucose monitor to see if it would help my weight loss. Has anyone tried it and would like to share your experience.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON -->

Continuous Glucose Monitor

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AITA for not “turning off my continuous glucose monitor?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hi, new to posting here so sorry if I did it wrong and I’m on mobile. So I (21 nb)went to my older sister’s (28 f) wedding Friday, she had a no tech rule for the ceremony. Perfectly understandable knowing how much she spent on the videographer. Well from the title y’all should understand I have a continuous glucose monitor that stays quite literally attached to me, I can’t take it off and have to stay within 15 or so few (roughly 3 meters) of t

Recommend continuous glucose monitor?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Anyone have the scoop on good ones? Etc…</p> </div><!-- SC_ON -->