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October 27, 2015

Controversial mammogram study: What you need to know

A new study published in The British Medical Journal is questioning conventional logic, arguing that mammograms may not cut mortality risk. While this study has certainly added fuel to the fire, it shouldn鈥檛 cause you to steer clear of mammograms--here鈥檚 why.

October 27, 2015

Irregular periods linked with higher risk of dying from ovarian cancer

Women whose menstrual periods are irregular, such as those who go more than five weeks between periods, may be at increased risk of dying from ovarian cancer, a new study suggests

October 27, 2015

Study shows obesity weighs heavily on the brain

There鈥檚 been some suggestion that the so-called 鈥渉ealthy鈥� obese, don鈥檛 have an increased risk of heart disease or other health conditions. What wasn鈥檛 known, however, was whether the healthy obese are also safe from the more rapid decline in cognitive function

October 27, 2015

Disabled elderly decline sharply after ICU

Seniors admitted to the hospital intensive care unit (ICU) were more likely to die or sharply decline soon after their release depending on how well they functioned beforehand, according to a new study.

October 27, 2015

Mysterious brain clumps behind dementia identified

Certain forms of dementia may be caused by a gene mutation that makes proteins in the brain clump together, a new study finds

October 27, 2015

Brains of chronic pot smokers are different, study says

A new study out of the University of Texas' Center for BrainHealth and the Mind Research Network is showing brain differences in regular pot users鈥攄ifferences that have already been reported in lab mice.

October 27, 2015

NFL, FIFA join forces to evaluate concussions

Medical officials from the NFL, FIFA and other sports organizations are banding together to look into better ways to identify, manage and treat concussions.

October 27, 2015

Older adults in south have fewer healthy years left

Older adults living in the southern United States have fewer healthy years of life ahead of them than those living in other parts of the U.S., according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

October 27, 2015

Healthy 75-year-old ends life to avoid 'awful' old age

A British woman with no serious health issues ended her life July 21 at a suicide clinic because, she said, she didn't want to grow old.

October 27, 2015

Worse survival after lung cancer surgery for residents of poor neighborhoods

Residents of low-income neighborhoods with few high school graduates may be more likely to die after lung cancer surgery than more affluent patients, a U.S. study finds.