Obesity and hypertension show up together in exam rooms every day.For many clinicians, the combination feels routine. A ...

Modifiable health risks, such as obesity, high blood pressure and smoking, were linked to more than $730 billion in healthcare spending in the U.S. in 2016, according to a study published in The ...

According to European recommendations, a wider awareness of the risk factors for cardiovascular diseases allows understanding on the part of the patient, as well as performance of comprehensive ...

In a new study, people who ate more ultra-processed food performed worse at attention tasks and had higher modifiable ...

High blood pressure or hypertension is one of the biggest risk factors for heart diseases. It occurs when the force of blood in your arteries and other blood vessels is too high, leading to damage.

Common lifestyle habits like smoking, drinking alcohol regularly, and avoiding exercise can increase cancer risk. New research found nearly 40% of new cancer cases could have been prevented due to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Modifiable risk factors, including high blood pressure and HbA1c, were associated with diabetic retinopathy and ...

Four in 10 cancer cases and about half of cancer deaths among U.S. adults 30 years old and older in 2019 were linked to “modifiable” risk factors like smoking, drinking, poor diet and not getting ...

Alzheimer disease and other dementias (ADOD) have a substantial impact on the prevalence and costs of certain comorbid conditions compared with matched beneficiaries without ADOD. Objectives: To use ...