Tag: risk factors
Men’s heart disease risk starts climbing in the 30s, long before symptoms appear
A 35-year study of 5,112 adults found men's heart risk pulling ahead of women's by age 35.
Over a third of all cancers are preventable, and WHO just identified the biggest causes
A landmark WHO analysis of 2022 data puts a hard number on how many cancers we could stop.
4 in 10 cancer cases may be preventable, and most of the risk is in your control
New American Cancer Society figures point to roughly 850,000 avoidable cases in 2026.
Nearly half of dementia cases could be prevented, and most risk factors are in your control
A landmark Lancet Commission puts the share of dementia that could be prevented or delayed at around 45%.
Three midlife risk factors tied to nearly 13 more dementia-free years, NYU study finds
A large new NYU Langone analysis followed people for 26 years to reach the figure.