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4,000 people in the U.S. die by drowning every year
Every day, two children under 14 die by drowning in the United States, the American Red Cross says. Preventing drowning starts with teaching children to swim, experts say.
More than 1 billion people are projected to have diabetes by 2050
Nearly 10 percent of people worldwide would have diabetes by 2050, according to the study’s projections.
Insomnia linked to up to 51 percent higher risk of strokes
Researchers found that the degree of risk for stroke rose as the number of symptoms increased.
The ‘silent’ disease of osteoporosis affects 10 million Americans
Each year, about 2 million broken bones can be attributed to osteoporosis, according to the National Osteoporosis Foundation.
Exercise can cut women’s chances of getting Parkinson’s by 25 percent
The study found that as a woman’s exercise level increased, her risk for Parkinson’s decreased.
Over 36,000 older people in the U.S. died in falls in 2020
The research found that fatal falls in the 65 and over age group had increased from 10,097 in 1999, and at a rate that more than doubled in about two decades.
Report links workplace discrimination to high blood pressure
The more exposure people had to discrimination, the greater their likelihood of developing hypertension, which has been linked to heart attacks and strokes.
Asthma sufferers are 36 percent more likely to develop cancer
But those who used steroids to treat their asthma appeared to have an elevated risk for fewer cancers than those who didn’t treat their asthma with steroids.
More than 1 in 5 U.S. adults lived with chronic pain in 2021
And 17 million Americans also experienced high-impact chronic pain severe enough to substantially restrict their daily activities.
Overdose deaths of older Americans quadrupled in past 20 years
Of the fatal overdoses, 83 percent were accidental.
