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One extra year in school could change your dementia risk

The twist is who seems to have gained the most, and it is not the group most people would expect.

Your Alzheimer’s blood test could be wrong: Here’s what scientists found

Current blood tests can light up for the wrong reasons, and researchers say one extra step may finally close that gap.

Taking blood pressure pills? This common mistake could cost you the benefits

The pills do their job, but a very ordinary habit slowly chips away at the protection they offer.

What the color of your stool can reveal about your liver and gut health

The color your body produces every day carries quiet clues about your liver, gallbladder and gut, but only some shifts are urgent.

Breast cancer changes lives forever: Here is the expert’s most important advice

Despite widespread awareness of breast cancer, many patients continue to face challenges both during and after treatment.According to...

One extra year in school could change your dementia risk

The twist is who seems to have gained the most, and it is not the group most people would expect.

Your Alzheimer’s blood test could be wrong: Here’s what scientists found

Current blood tests can light up for the wrong reasons, and researchers say one extra step may finally close that gap.

Taking blood pressure pills? This common mistake could cost you the benefits

The pills do their job, but a very ordinary habit slowly chips away at the protection they offer.

What the color of your stool can reveal about your liver and gut health

The color your body produces every day carries quiet clues about your liver, gallbladder and gut, but only some shifts are urgent.

Long COVID and PTSD may share a biological root that explains why the fatigue feels the same

A new study points to five overlapping systems that could tie together five very different diagnoses.

Women with type 2 diabetes face a mental health risk that most doctors miss

New UK research finds women develop anxiety and depression after a type 2 diagnosis far more often than men.

How far can you reach past your toes? What the ACSM norms say by age and sex

A ruler, a bare floor and one minute is all you need to check.

A common menopause treatment may cut your Alzheimer’s risk by nearly 40%

Estrogen-only hormone therapy was tied to sharply lower dementia odds in a Stanford analysis of more than 21,000 women.

US cancer deaths from alcohol doubled in 33 years

Colorectal cancer now tops the list for men under 55, a new US study finds.

8 warning signs of fibromyalgia most people mistake for ordinary pain

About 4 million American adults live with this misread pain condition.