AHA News: Some Young Asian Women May Face Higher Risks for High Blood Pressure
TUESDAY, Nov. 9, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Young Asian women with diabetes, obesity or polycystic ovary syndrome may be more likely to have high blood pressure than their peers without those conditions, according to new research that c…
Learn MoreAHA News: After Stroke, Retired Marine Walks Thousands of Miles
TUESDAY, Nov. 9, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Eddie deRoulet never was the type to let others do things for him. Not in his years as a Marine and not in his subsequent career helping others. Then a stroke left him compromised on his right…
Learn MoreThere May Be a ‘Best Bedtime’ for Your Heart
TUESDAY, Nov. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Is there an ideal time to go to bed every night if you want to dodge heart disease?Apparently there is, claims a new study that found hitting the sack between 10 and 11 p.m. may be the ideal time to cut the ri…
Learn MoreWhy Are Young Black Americans Becoming Less Heart-Healthy?
TUESDAY, Nov. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Young, Black Americans are experiencing significant spikes in obesity, type 2 diabetes and smoking, all risk factors for heart attack and stroke. Between 2007 and 2017 – before the COVID-19 pandemic and the co…
Learn MorePfizer Set to Ask FDA to OK Booster for Those 18 and Older
TUESDAY, Nov. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Pfizer may soon seek U.S. Food and Drug Administration emergency authorization of its COVID-19 booster shot for anyone aged 18 and older.Officials familiar with the situation told the Washington Post that the …
Learn MoreWomen Feel More Stigma From ‘Spare Tire’ Around Middle Than Men
TUESDAY, Nov. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Belly fat. No one wants it, but women are much harder on themselves about extra pounds wrapped around their middle than men are, regardless of how much they weigh.And the more they beat themselves up about the…
Learn MoreBiden Administration Presses Schools to Provide COVID Shots to Kids
TUESDAY, Nov. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) — As new government data showed that 360,000 young kids have now gotten their first shot, the Biden administration on Monday asked schools to help by hosting vaccination clinics and providing information to pare…
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Young Black Americans’ hearts increasingly at risk. New research shows this population is experiencing significant spikes in obesity, type 2 diabetes and smoking, all risk factors for heart attack and stroke. Read more’Spare tire’ weighs heavier on wo…
Learn MoreWhy Are So Few Seniors Getting Heart Failure Rehab?
TUESDAY, Nov. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Heart failure remains a major killer among the millions of Americans on Medicare. So, it’s alarming that fewer than 10% of eligible Medicare beneficiaries get recommended heart failure rehab treatments, resear…
Learn MoreU.S. Adolescents Are Getting Less Sex Education Now Than 25 Years Ago
TUESDAY, Nov. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Sex Ed — it’s been a staple of public education for decades, but new research shows that only half of American teens are getting instruction that meets minimum standards.”The findings show that most adolescen…
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