WASHINGTON: One-third Americans are overweight and obese, a recent study said.
According to the study, about a third of Americans are obese and another one-third are overweight and they are at higher than acceptable risk of heart disease, diabetes and cancer.
The team at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that due to confusing guidelines, many Americans are missing …
NEW YORK: Slowing economy, shrinking retirement accounts and rising unemployment rates has made most of the Americans chain smoker.
According to a new survey, a quarter of smokers who are worried about the economy said fretting over it has driven them to smoke more each day, while another 13 percent said they have delayed quitting.
The Washington, D.C.-based anti-smoking advocacy group commissioned …
Heart failure among older Americans have increased dramatically in the past three decades.
In 2006, an estimated 807,082 men and women over 65 were hospitalized for heart failure, up from 348,866 in 1980 — a 131 percent increase.
Dr. John Erwin III, an associate professor of internal medicine at the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine and a senior staff …
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