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Global Obesity Nearly Doubles in 30 Years, Study Finds

By Mark Schweizer

10 days ago

The number of obese people in the world has nearly doubled in the last 30 years, according to a new study examining worldwide obesity trends. Meanwhile, blood pressure ...

Aspirin’s Effect on Cancer Death Risk Stirs Questions

By Mark Schweizer

10 days ago

Taking aspirin once a day reduces a person’s risk of dying from cancer, but the benefit may not be as great as was previously thought, a new study ...

9 Creatures That Could Save Your Life

By Mark Schweizer

10 days ago

Intro From preventing brain damage to building skin grafts, recent medical breakthroughs have been accomplished thanks to animals or insects. Whether it’s by doctors using their venom or ...

PSA Test at Age 60 Predicts Risk of Death from Prostate Cancer

By Mark Schweizer

10 days ago

A single blood test at age 60 accurately predicts the risk of a man dying from prostate cancer in the next 25 years, a new study suggests. The ...

Healthy Men Don’t Need PSA Tests: US Task Force

By Mark Schweizer

10 days ago

An influential government panel today recommended against routinely screening healthy men with a blood test for prostate cancer. The U.S. Preventive Task Force said that the widely used PSA test ...

Yearly Prostate Cancer Screening Fails to Reduce Deaths

By Mark Schweizer

10 days ago

Frequently screening for prostate cancer may not reduce deaths from the disease, a new study says. In the study, which involved about 76,000 men, those who underwent yearly ...

Heavy Smoking Boosts Risk of Alzheimer’s, Study Finds

By Mark Schweizer

10 days ago

Smoking increases the risk of lung cancer, heart disease, stroke, emphysema and infertility — and now, a new study says it could also increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s ...

Pregnant Women Try Sex or Spicy Food to Hasten Birth

By Mark Schweizer

10 days ago

A substantial number of women use unproven methods to try to induce labor near the end of their pregnancies, a new study suggests. More than half the women ...

Less Radical Surgery Recommended for Some Breast-Cancer Patients

By Mark Schweizer

10 days ago

Early-stage breast cancer patients who underwent extensive surgery to remove all their lymph nodes fared no better in terms of survival than those who had only a few ...

Surgeon’s Contaminated Hands Infect Patients

By Mark Schweizer

10 days ago

A surgeon at a Los Angeles hospital spread bacteria from his hands to his patients during heart surgeries, causing infections, according to news reports. The surgeon, who was ...

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Global Obesity Nearly Doubles in 30 Years, Study Finds

Aspirin’s Effect on Cancer Death Risk Stirs Questions

9 Creatures That Could Save Your Life

PSA Test at Age 60 Predicts Risk of Death from Prostate Cancer

Healthy Men Don’t Need PSA Tests: US Task Force

Yearly Prostate Cancer Screening Fails to Reduce Deaths

Heavy Smoking Boosts Risk of Alzheimer’s, Study Finds

Pregnant Women Try Sex or Spicy Food to Hasten Birth

Less Radical Surgery Recommended for Some Breast-Cancer Patients

Surgeon’s Contaminated Hands Infect Patients

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