Reducing the risks of dementia starting as early as childhood could reduce the number of people living with dementia by nearly half, a new report by the Lancet Commission on dementia prevention, ...

A new report from the American Heart Association highlights where heart disease stands in the U.S.

Modifiable risk factors such as obesity, smoking, lack of exercise, diabetes and hypertension are projected to be one of the main drivers of a steep rise in kidney cancer cases, doubling the amount ...

Four in 10 cancer cases and about half of cancer deaths among U.S. adults 30 years old and older in 2019 were linked to “modifiable” risk factors like smoking, drinking, poor diet and not getting ...

A first-of-its-kind study in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology reveals the most impactful modifiable non-clinical risk factors for improved heart health Philadelphia, April 29, 2025 – A new study ...

A novel study empirically linking a standardized measure of community resilience in more than 3,100 U.S. counties to cognitive, mental, and physical health outcomes shows that counties with fewer ...

Recent research from RAND economists has unveiled an extensive analysis of dementia risk factors, analyzing data from approximately 20,000 participants aged 50 and older. This comprehensive study ...

The most recent data from 2023 shows that in Canada, women have an average life expectancy of 84 years, compared to men's ...

Treating and preventing correctable vision impairments could prevent up to 19% of dementia prevalence, according to a new study. Dementia prevention strategies should involve going over risk factors ...

Addressing 14 modifiable risk factors, starting in childhood and continuing throughout life, could prevent or delay nearly half of dementia cases, even as people around the world live longer and the ...

Cardiologists have long known that up to half of all heart attacks and strokes occur among apparently healthy individuals who do not smoke and do not have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or ...

The participants were the 2022 subjects included in the Cohort Study in Primary Health Care on the Evolution of Patients with Prediabetes (Evolución de pacientes con prediabetes en Atención Primaria ...