Breast cancer rising among younger women, report finds
Americans have benefited from huge leaps in breast cancer treatment over the last two decades, but diagnoses are becoming more common, especially among younger women, according to a report published Tuesday by the American Cancer Society. The new report shows that breast cancer mortality has decreased by 44% since the late 1980s. Rates of breast
The chicken or the egg?: Which is healthier? Eat the vegetables and then the carbs?
Existing studies on the benefits of meal sequencing are small, but the results are consistent, experts say. In one 2023 review of 11 studies, for instance, researchers concluded that people who saved carbohydrate-rich foods for the end of a meal, after vegetables and proteins, had significantly lower blood sugar levels than when they consumed
People in the U.S. die the youngest and experience the most avoidable deaths
The health system in the U.S. is failing, a startling new report finds. The U.S. ranks as the worst performer among 10 developed nations in critical areas of health care, including preventing deaths, access (mainly because of high cost) and guaranteeing quality treatment for everyone, regardless of gender, income or geographic location, according to
Healthy tortillas? Legislator introduces bill to incorporate folic acid into this food
What does folic acid do to the body? Folic acid and folate help the body make healthy new red blood cells. Red blood cells carry oxygen to all parts of your body. If your body does not make enough red blood cells, you can develop anemia. Anemia happens when your blood cannot carry enough