Using CDC PLACES data and a Medicaid dataset from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), this map examines US Counties where 7.5% or more adults have coronary heart disease, and 15% or more adults are beneficiaries of Medicare. The map shows that Medicare beneficiaries and heart disea...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is pushing new COVID-19 boosters, claiming that people who don’t stay “up to date” with shots – regardless of how many they’ve already taken –“are more likely to get very sick” while those who take them annually are “much less like...
More than two-thirds of the deaths mentioning long COVID were on certificates citing COVID-19 as the underlying cause of death. Heart disease was the second most frequent underlying cause, cited in 8.6% of long COVID deaths. The symptoms and toll of long COVID Scientists are continuing to ...
At these higher ranges of obesity, the National Institutes of Health warns that people are at the greatest risk of the diseases that are linked with weight gain, like heart disease and diabetes. Map shows states with highest, lowest obesity rates The new figures come just a week after the ...
According to reports, last season's flu vaccine was not very effective. An estimated 80,000 people died of the flu and complications arising from the virus last winter, making it the deadliest flu season in at least 40 years. Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the...
Heart disease and cancer areoverwhelmingly the most common causes of deathin the United States. But researchers always like to dig deeper in to health trends than that. A new map,published by the CDC, shows the illnesses and accidents that disproportionately claim people in each state....
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Much more than just a cosmetic issue, obesity is associated with type 2 diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, fatty liver disease, sleep apnea, arthritis, gallbladder disease and more, according to the U.S. National Institute for ...
"African women have borne the burden of diseases and deaths hence the need to place them at the heart of the new health agenda for the continent," Djoudalbaye said at a virtual briefing organized by Nairobi-based Africa Health Business. ...
The maximum single dose of sildenafil administered to men with T2DM results in a mild increase in heart rate and a decrease in blood pressure [6]. Therefore, identifying safer and more effective ED treatments is urgent [7]. BM-MSCs support the healing of injured peripheral nerves, and BM-...
Kinase-catalyzed phosphorylation plays a crucial role in pathological cardiac hypertrophy. Here, we show that CDC-like kinase 4 (CLK4) is a critical regulator of cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and heart failure. Knockdown of Clk4 leads to pathological cardiom