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This Common Condition Could Increase Your Alzheimer’s Risk By 42%

People ages 60 and above with untreated high blood pressure may be at greater risk of Alzheimer’s disease.

Food Is the Prescription, and Food Pharmacies Could Be the Way to Better Health

Each mouthful of food may enhance and protect your health or damage it, and we now view food as a pharmaceutical.

It’s Time for New Tools to Overcome Smoking

Yesterday marked the 36th year that the world observed World No Tobacco Day. This relatively obscure milestone masks a stalled effort to curb consumption of combustible cigarettes and other nicotine-related products. It’s unlikely most people paid any attention. But the impact of smoking is all around us, even if we don’t see it. Statistics rarely tell a provocative story to compel people to action.

The First 28 Days. Infant Mortality’s Dead Zone

The first month of life is the most vulnerable period for a babies survival. 2.4 million newborns died in 2020 in the first 28 days after birth.