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Show 1341: Lessons Learned from Long Illness
You may not have thought much about long illness, but chances are you know someone who is suffering with one. The CDC estimates that some chronic condition afflicts as many as one in six American adul…
Show 1282: How Climate Change Affects Our Health
In September, more than 200 top medical journals around the world took the unprecedented step of publishing the same editorial. It was “Call for Emergency Action to Limit Global Temperature Increase…
Will Eating Fruit Help Your Lung Function?
As people age, lung function tends to drop. A new study suggests, however, that eating fruit rich in flavonoids may help keep lungs working well (ATS 2018 International Conference, San Diego CA May 21…
Smoking Bans Save Lives
Smoking bans really do make a big difference for health. That's the conclusion from a study published in the journal Circulation. Researchers looked at 45 studies in several countries including the U.…