At least 14% of Americans have had long COVID
One in seven people in the US reported having had long Covid by the end of 2022, suggests a large-scale investigation of long Covid and symptom prevalence by academics at…
Americans will spend half their lives taking prescription drugs, study finds
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — An American born in 2019 will spend a larger share of their lifetime taking prescription drugs than being married or receiving an education, according to new…
The missing Americans: Unprecedented US mortality far exceeds other wealthy nations
The Missing Americans: Unprecedented US Mortality Far Exceeds Other Wealthy Nations A new study found that more than one million US deaths a year—including many young and working-age adults—could be…
Americans’ IQ scores are lower in some areas, higher in one
Scores of verbal reasoning, matrix reasoning and letter and number series declined; scores of 3D rotation generally increased Study provides evidence of a reverse ‘Flynn Effect’ in the U.S. between…
A threat from a common enemy may no longer unite polarized Americans, study suggests
During World War II, Americans came together. They ate less meat and planted victory gardens. They lowered thermostats and rationed their gasoline. Republican, Democrat—it mattered little: Against a common enemy,…
Americans would rather harm their own political cause than help an opposing one
Both Democrats and Republicans would rather take away funding from their political party than give money to the other party, reveals a new University of California San Diego Rady School of…
One in 10 older Americans has dementia
NEW YORK, NY (OCT. 24, 2022)—In the first nationally representative study of cognitive impairment prevalence in more than 20 years, Columbia University researchers have found almost 10% of U.S. adults…
Changes in the gut bacteria protect against stroke
14 DEC 2012 Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and the Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, demonstrate that an altered gut microbiota in humans is associated with symptomatic atherosclerosis…
Evidence lacking for widespread use of costly antipsychotic drugs, says Stanford researcher
Public release date: 7-Jan-2011 - representing the largest expenditure for any single drug class — nearly 5 percent of all drug spending, surpassing even blockbusters like statin cholesterol medications STANFORD,…
How a war game brought the world to the brink of nuclear disaster
Former classified documents show how close the Soviet Union came to launching an attack in 1983 Jamie Doward The Observer, Saturday 2 November 2013 12.43 EDT Prime minister Margaret Thatcher…
Exclusive: Dozens of CIA operatives on the ground during Benghazi attack
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MHjqsDqfy0&w=560&h=315] CNN has uncovered exclusive new information about what is allegedly happening at the CIA, in the wake of the deadly Benghazi terror attack. Four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens, were…
Ron Paul slams American government in his sprawling farewell speech [VIDEO]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q03cWio-zjk] Watch retiring Rep. Ron Paul's 48-minute-long farewell address to Congress, in which he declares that the U.S. Constitution "failed" the American people. . . Published: Nov. 15, 2012…
Hopkins Children’s study: Folic acid may help treat allergies, asthma
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Ekaterina Pesheva epeshev1@jhmi.edu 410-516-4996 Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Folic acid, or vitamin B9, essential for red blood cell health and long known to reduce…
Einstein researchers find that a commonly found contaminant may harm nursing infants – perchlorate
Public release date: 3-Dec-2007 (BRONX, NY) -- Scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have shown that perchlorate—an industrial pollutant linked to thyroid ailments—is actively concentrated…
Almost one-third of US children regularly take dietary supplements
Public release date: 1-Oct-2007 More than 30 percent of American children age 18 and younger take some form of dietary supplement, most often multivitamins and multiminerals, according…
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