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Mortality declined steadily from 2001 through 2022, including during the COVID-19 pandemic

Prior screening mammography linked to earlier stage at breast cancer diagnosis, lower breast cancer mortality

Age associated with P-tau181, NfL, and GFAP; significant association seen for APOE ε4 status with P-tau181, GFAP

By I. Edwards HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, April 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Key labs at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have shut down amid recent layoffs, raising concerns about tracking and controlling serious infections like viral hepatitis and antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea.Among those let go were all 27 scientists …

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, April 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Colonoscopy for younger adults. Chest CT scans for lung cancer. Statin medications to lower cholesterol. Screening for drug addiction.More than 150 million Americans might lose no-cost access to these and other preventive care services under a case being heard …

Living in a persistent-poverty neighborhood associated with higher risk for early mortality, overall cancer death

57.9 percent of those reporting suicidal thoughts know someone who died by suicide compared with 41.6 percent among those without

Overall, 2,679 pregnancy-related deaths could have been prevented if the national rate was reduced to the lowest state rate

Seven recommendations developed, including use of floating immunoreactive trypsinogen cutoff over fixed cutoff

By Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, April 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A senior government health researcher has announced his retirement, accusing the National Institutes of Health (NIH) of censoring his latest findings on ultra-processed food.Kevin Hall made the announcement Wednesday on X, ending 21 years at NIH.Given the Trump …