Heart age shows Americans at higher risk than years indicate
A CDC report estimates national heart age by state using factors like blood pressure, obesity and smoking. Nearly three in four adults have a heart older than their body, with men about eight years and women five and a half years older. Mississippi leads in advanced heart age. Utah and Colorado show lower figures.
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Weight in midlife linked to earlier Alzheimer's onset
NIH researchers analyzed 1,400 Baltimore Longitudinal Study participants and found higher BMI at age 50 correlates with earlier Alzheimer's onset. Obesity in midlife associated with greater brain Alzheimer’s hallmarks years later, suggesting maintaining healthy weight may delay disease onset.
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Madhav Thambisetty
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Heather Snyder
The
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Smoking rate hits record low in first quarter
The CDC reports 15.2 percent of U S adults smoke in Q1, down from 16.8 percent in 2014, with men at 17.4 percent and seniors at 7.5 percent. Younger adults 18 to 44 are at 17 percent, while Latinos 10.4 percent and African Americans 18.1 percent show lower rates.
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