What's Behind Major Rise in Heart Failure Deaths? After falling for over a decade, the death rate climbed for several years and now is about the same as in 1999. 05/3/2024 - 8:53 am | View Link
U.S. maternal deaths fall in 2022, remain higher than pre-pandemic levels Still, maternal deaths were down for all races and ethnicities except ... Health News // 1 day ago Anger could raise long-term risks for heart disease Feeling angry constricts blood vessels in ... 05/2/2024 - 3:41 am | View Link
The CDC says maternal mortality rates in the U.S. got better, after a pandemic spike The maternal mortality rate in the U.S. in 2022 – while still high – went back to where it was before deaths surged during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest CDC report. 05/1/2024 - 5:01 pm | View Link
Healthy vegetarian diets may boost longevity, slash heart disease death risk A new study has found that people who adhere to a healthy pro-vegetarian diet have a lower risk of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular-related death. 05/1/2024 - 5:30 am | View Link
New report: Preventable early death rates are higher in rural Minnesota A report released Tuesday shows persistent, and in some cases widening, disparities among rural and urban residents when it comes to the most common preventable early deaths. 04/30/2024 - 10:56 am | View Link
The Rockies, oh so desperately needed someone to make a big splash.
Two players delivered Friday night — one of them literally — in the Rockies’ 3-2 win over the Pirates at PNC Park.
Ryan McMahon led off the Rockies’ three-run sixth inning with a 445-foot homer that splashed down in the Allegheny River.
The Eta Aquarids meteor shower, which occurs each year as the Earth passes through remnants of Halley’s comet, is expected to reach its peak this weekend. Watchers can expect to see hundreds of meteors fill the sky in the pre-dawn hours. With the moon at a waning crescent, the show is expected to be even more vibrant than usual.
Chants of “disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest” are reverberating across the globe as student-led protests in support of Palestine have popped up outside the U. S. and in countries like Australia, Mexico, and the U. K. as the Israel-Hamas war enters into its seventh month.
The best Taylor Swift needle drops will make you think about her music a little differently. A show like You might play with tone, turning an emotional ballad into comic relief, while The Buccaneers might help christen a new Swiftie classic with one pivotal scene. Some music syncs feel so seamless you may start to believe they were written specifically for a movie, while others, like Swift’s Valentine’s Day sweetheart anthem “Today Was a Fairytale,” actually was.
In a fast-food culture, there may be few things better for your health than making a simple home-cooked meal. But while the meal itself may be a good idea, the cooking part can be a problem—at least if you own a natural gas or propane stove. That’s the conclusion of a new study in Science Advances, showing that dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) are emitted by both kinds of stoves.
The findings are a result of new work conducted at Stanford University by environmental scientist Rob Jackson and graduate researcher Yannai Kashtan.