Health

For decades, if you asked your doctor what your odds were of suffering a heart attack, the answer would turn on a number: your cholesterol level. Now the nation’s first new heart disease prevention guidelines in a decade take a very different approach, focusing more broadly on risk and moving away from specific targets for cholesterol.

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U.S. teens seeking weight-loss surgery have a startling number of health problems that used to be seen only in adults, according to a major government-funded study. Half the teens had at least four major illnesses linked with their excess weight. 

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 Doctors 2 parents: Limit kids’ tweeting, texting & keep smartphones, laptops out of bedrooms. (#)goodluckwiththat. The recommendations are bound to prompt eye-rolling and LOLs from many teens but an influential pediatricians group says parents need to…

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Even with all the high-tech medical tests and procedures that are available today, an accurate family health history remains one of the most important tools in keeping yourself healthy as you age. Here’s what you should know, along with some tips and tools to help get you started. 

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Health Insurance Marketplace premiums under the Affordable Care Act will be lower than what government officials expected when open enrollment begins October 1, Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, has announced.

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The government shutdown is leaving all of us exposed. It may be easy for some to watch the news and conclude that the shutdown has nothing to do with them. For those people, I’d invite you to consider the impact of the shutdown on the public health infrastructure.

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Obesity levels continue to increase at alarming rates. Approximately one third of American adults are affected by obesity and another one third are affected by overweight. Despite the fact that roughly 45 million Americans diet each year, the prevalence of obesity in this country has more than doubled…

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Online insurance marketplaces at the heart of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul struggled to handle the volume of consumers on Tuesday, the first day of a six-month open enrollment period. Federal officials said they were working to address the website problems as quickly as possible.

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More than one-third of adults in the U.S. have high cholesterol and high blood pressure. Yet many of those treated for these conditions don’t realize they are putting themselves at risk by not understanding the basics about their medications.

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One out of every six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime. The good news is when caught early, it is very treatable. According to the American Cancer Society, the five-year survival rate for prostate cancer is almost 100 percent because many men receive an early diagnosis.

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