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Residence in a socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhood is associated with reduced fecundability, according to a study published online June 30 in JAMA Network Open. Mary D. Willis, Ph.D., from Oregon State University in Corvallis, and colleagues examined the association between residence…

A new analysis of the REDUCE-IT study has reignited concerns that the benefit shown by the high-dose fish oil product in the study, icosapent ethyl (Vascepa, Amarin), may have been related to harms caused by the placebo mineral oil. Results…

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A new study ties the odds of conception to the advantages of the neighborhood a woman lives in. In a cohort of more than 6,000 women who were trying to get pregnant without fertility treatments, the probability of conception was…

About 80% of US adults have low to moderate cardiovascular (CV) health based on the American Heart Association (AHA) checklist for optimal heart health, which now includes healthy sleep as an essential component for heart health. With the addition of…

There’s no doubt that co-parenting can present some unique challenges, and most parents who are separated or divorced want to do everything they possibly can to minimize the impact on their kids. But in Reddit’s popular “Am I the A**hole”…

About 129,000 of cancer deaths per year could be prevented across 34 European countries simply by adding vitamin D to common foods, such as milk and margarine, a recent analysis suggests. That would translate to 1.2 million prevented-years-of-life-lost or about…

Fourth of July celebrations often include festive picnics and dazzling fireworks, but these holiday pyrotechnics are causing a growing number of injuries and deaths. Fireworks-related injuries and deaths in the United States have climbed by about 25% over the past…

Acute cholangitis is a potentially life-threatening bacterial infection that often is associated with gallstones. Symptoms include fever, jaundice, right upper quadrant pain, and elevated liver enzymes. While these may seem like distinctive, telltale symptoms, unfortunately, they are similar to those…

As a child growing up in San Jose, California, Marta Segura heard horrific stories from her parents about women fainting on the factory lines and men overheating in the farm fields. They didn’t know those jobs exposed them to life-threatening…