New research shows major depression, alcohol use disorder, and hypertension are among the top 10 health conditions affecting millennials today. Getty Images New research from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) suggests millennials may be substantially less healthy as they age. Millennials aged 34 to 36 in 2017 were 11 percent less healthy than Gen Xers aged 34 to 36 in 2014. Millennials have had a double...
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Regeneron drug proves effective in genetic form of high cholesterol
By MATTHEW HERPER @matthewherper and DAMIAN GARDE @damiangardeAUGUST 14, 2019 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN) presented new data Wednesday showing a drug it developed can treat patients with a genetic disease that causes very high cholesterol levels. In homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, or HoFH, patients can have levels of low-density lipoprotein of 500 milligrams per deciliter or more,...
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What helps prevent dementia? Try exercise, not vitamin pills
by Marilynn Marchione If you want to save your brain, focus on keeping the rest of your body well with exercise and healthy habits rather than popping vitamin pills, new guidelines for preventing dementia advise. About 50 million people currently have dementia, and Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type. Each year brings 10 million new cases, says the report released Tuesday...
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