A study of more than 1.3
million Americans found that people living in areas with high
trichloroethylene (TCE) levels had a 10% greater risk of
Parkinson’s disease than those in cleaner regions
TCE, a solvent once used in
dry cleaning and degreasing, persists in air, soil, and groundwater
for decades, exposing people...
Visceral fat — the deep fat
around your organs — acts like a hormone-producing organ that fuels
inflammation, disrupts metabolism, and increases the risk of
aggressive endometrial cancer
New research shows that fat
activity, not fat amount, predicts cancer severity, meaning even
women with moderate weight face...
Sepsis is a life-threatening
overreaction of your immune system to infection, causing widespread
inflammation and organ failure when not treated quickly
A large Australian study
found people with Type 2 diabetes were twice as likely to develop
sepsis, with the highest risk seen in men, smokers, and younger
adults aged...
Low back pain is projected
to affect over 800 million people worldwide by 2050. Among women
over 55, cases nearly doubled from 89.9 million in 1990 to 176.8
million in 2021
Aging populations are the
main driver of this increase, but postmenopausal women face a
greater risk due to bone loss, muscle decline, fat...