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Lower Occurrence of Type 2 Diabetes in Black Tea Drinkers

The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is low in countries where consumption of black tea is high, suggests a mathematical analysis of data from 50 countries, published in the online journal BMJ Open. Continue reading »

Active Lifestyle Alleviates Brain Aging

An active lifestyle helps preserve gray matter in the brains of older adults and could reduce the burden of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease (AD), according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Continue reading »

Harvard Study Improves Childbirth Practices in India

If you have been checking the health news, you know that checklists are a hot topic.

Now a new study from Harvard School of Public Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) Continue reading »

48 Million Americans Have Hearing Loss

Nearly a fifth of all Americans 12 years or older have hearing loss so severe that it may make communication difficult, according to a new study led by Johns Hopkins researchers and published in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine.

The findings, thought to be the first nationally representative estimate of hearing loss, suggest that many more people than previously thought are affected by this condition.