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If you're a schnorrer, you often beg for something. And if you're in bed with any of the 37 million U.S. adults who report they are nightly -- or almost nightly -- snorers, chances are you're schnorr-ing for them to find a way to quiet the racket.

Not all snoring causes serious health hazards -- but it can leave you with a dry mouth, a sore ...Read more

A 2024 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that around one in nine kids, ages 3 to 17, have been diagnosed with ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) and that's over a million more than were identified with the condition in 2016.

Better recognition of the condition may be one reason for the increase, but it...Read more

As we wait for a breakthrough that can block or reverse Alzheimer's disease, there is some consolation that we finally have three kinds of medications and a treatment that can damp down or slow the progression of symptoms -- cholinesterase inhibitors, memantine, and a monoclonal antibody, lecanemab.

Cholinesterase inhibitors increase levels of ...Read more

In 2022-2023, almost 3.5 million girls and just over 4.5 million boys participated in high school sports. That's a lot of soccer, softball, basketball and football (including 4,094 girls on 11-player high school tackle football teams, and 42,955 girls playing flag football).

That's wonderful -- it means they're getting physical exercise that ...Read more

About a quarter of U.S. adults have been diagnosed with arthritis -- and many others contend with sore, aching joints. That's more than 55 million folks who deal with varying degrees of pain, restricted motion and a compromised ability to feel content or happy. That's because joint-related pain (and we don't mean from marijuana ... that's a ...Read more

Did you know that nearly half of women ages 50 and older experience urine leakage occasionally and 51% of those 65 and older say they contend with urinary incontinence? Now, you may think childbirth, menopause and muscle weakness are to blame, and you may be right. But a new observational study of more than 1,000 women ages 47 to 55 reveals that...Read more

Young and old, Americans average 7 hours and 3 minutes a day looking at Internet-connected screens! And kids ages 8 to 12 log around five and a half hours every day accessing entertainment on screened devices.

Most people are blind to the fact that youngsters are doing more than damaging their muscles, blunting cognitive growth and fueling ...Read more

When you pop an aspirin, you're taking the world's most widely used medication, according to a study in Vascular Pharmacology. It's been a favorite for 3,500 years, ever since Sumerians and Egyptians used willow bark (it has aspirin's active ingredient in it) to treat pain and fevers. But it is important that it be taken correctly -- otherwise, ...Read more

If your latest blood test showed you have healthy levels of lousy LDL cholesterol -- hold off on celebrating for a bit. Standard tests for LDL levels don't assess very low-density lipoproteins (VLDL) and intermediate-density lipoproteins (IDL) -- both of which can raise your heart disease risk. And a study in JAMA Cardiology found that while ...Read more

Colorectal cancer is increasing in ever-younger folks. In 2019, 20% of diagnosed cases were in folks younger than 55 -- double the rate in 1995 -- according to the American Cancer Society.

What's driving the increase? Theories include an increasingly sedentary lifestyle, an epidemic of overweight and obesity, heavy alcohol use, and a high-fat, ...Read more

Around 6% of Americans have lousy LDL cholesterol levels of 160 to 189 mg/dL and around 2% have levels of 190 mg/dL or more. Many of those folks have no idea they're walking around with a timebomb in their torso. That's a shame because lowering LDL is proven to reduce your risk of heart attacks, stroke, and heart-disease-related death. (In Dr. ...Read more

A Listerine ad from the 1950s claimed bad breath can damage a happy marriage. Thankfully, we now know that bad breath is one of those subtle signs that you are not living as young as you could and you may be speeding up your chances of developing chronic conditions that put a damper on health, happiness -- and longevity.

Research shows bad ...Read more

The older folks are, the less likely they are to get physical activity. Only around 30% of adults ages 45 to 64 report that they're in the habit of exercising. That drops to about 25% of 65 -- to 74-year-olds and 11% of people 85 and older. That means most folks have an ever-increasing loss of endurance, balance, strength and flexibility, as ...Read more

We've been talking about the remarkable health benefits of salmon -- loaded with omega-3 fatty acids -- for a long time. Now we're delighted to tell you that omega-3s don't just cool inflammation and protect your heart and brain, they also may slow your biological aging clocks.

A study published in Nature Aging takes a look at three of your ...Read more