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Race Cannot Be Used to Predict Heart Disease, Scientists Say

Sophie Caldwell

Doctors have long relied on a few key patient characteristics to assess risk of a heart attack or stroke, using a calculus that considers blood pressure, cholesterol, smoking and diabetes…

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Facing Financial Run as Costs Soar for Elder Care

Sophie Caldwell

Margaret Newcomb, 69, a retired French teacher, is desperately trying to protect her retirement savings by caring for her 82-year-old husband, who has severe dementia, at home in Seattle. She…

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An ‘Unsettling’ Drop in Life Expectancy for Men

Sophie Caldwell

Background: The life expectancy gap has substantially widened — and shrunk — before.At the turn of the 20th century, women had a life expectancy just two years higher than men,…

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‘A Monster’: Super Meth and Other Drugs Push Crisis Beyond Opioids

Sophie Caldwell

Dr. Nic Helmstetter crab-walked down a steep, rain-slicked trail into a grove of maple and cottonwood trees to his destination: a dozen tents in a clearing by the Kalamazoo River,…

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Can’t Think, Can’t Remember: More Americans Say They’re in a Cognitive Fog

Sophie Caldwell

There are more Americans who say they have serious cognitive problems — with remembering, concentrating or making decisions — than at any time in the last 15 years, data from…

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New Gene Editing Treatment Cuts Dangerous Cholesterol in Small Study

Sophie Caldwell

The handful of patients had severe heart disease that had caused chest pain and heart attacks. After trying available cholesterol-lowering medications, they could not get their cholesterol as low as…