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Nearly Half of Americans Gained Weight in Pandemic’s First Year

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Did you watch your waistline increase throughout lockdown? You’re not alone. Nearly half of U.S. adults piled on extra kilos through the first 12 months of the pandemic, making a nationwide weight problems disaster even worse, a brand new research reveals. “Obesity was an epidemic earlier than the […]

Americans Turning to Trendy Diets to Shed Pandemic Pounds

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Dec. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Americans within the prime of their lives are fearful in regards to the kilos they packed on in the course of the pandemic and plan to do one thing about it within the new 12 months, a brand new Harris Poll/HealthDay survey finds. […]

Black Americans Less Likely to Lose Hearing as They Age

By Robert PreidtHealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Dec. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Older Black Americans are more likely to have good listening to than white Americans, and the distinction is very notable amongst males, a brand new examine reveals. “We found that among males, non-Hispanic Black Americans have a prevalence of hearing loss that is similar […]

More Americans Not Planning to Have Kids, Poll Finds

Nov. 22, 2021 — More U.S. adults who don’t have already got youngsters are saying they don’t plan to have any sooner or later, based on a brand new survey by the Pew Research Center. Birthrates dropped within the U.S. in the course of the pandemic, marking a decline for the sixth yr in a […]

Americans Move Less Than They Did 2 Centuries Ago

Nov. 2. 2021 — Hard exercises make us really feel scorching and sweaty as a result of they enhance our physique temperature and metabolism. A brand new examine monitoring declines in each temperature and metabolism places a quantity on how a lot each day bodily exercise has dwindled within the U.S. because the 1800s. We’re […]

More Americans Are Dying From Parkinson’s Disease

By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Oct. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The variety of Americans who’re dying from Parkinson’s illness has jumped by 63% previously twenty years, new analysis exhibits. The recent evaluation additionally revealed that males face double the danger of dying from the progressive and incurable illness than girls. A notably greater […]

How 1.3 Million Americans Became Controlled by Conservatorships

“We’re solely speaking about this as a result of in June, Britney Spears had the chance to talk to the general public and the courtroom straight,” Harris informed HealthDay Now. “That transparency and accountability is significant in an establishment like guardianship.” Most Americans who wind up in a guardianship are affected by medical issues that […]

60% of Americans Will Delay or Skip Flu Shot This Year

TUESDAY, Oct. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Experts are warning that the upcoming flu season may very well be extreme as social distancing measures are relaxed throughout the United States, however a brand new survey finds that 6 in 10 Americans could delay or skip a flu shot. However, it additionally discovered that 98% of […]