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The latest in senior health and wellness news.

A new study from Washington University School of Medicine has found a relationship between bacteria that live in the upper airway and the severity of childhood asthma.

Choosing to brave the weather rather than staying in offers important health benefits for almost everyone, according to advice from health experts at Harvard Medical School.

Following a doctor’s advice to eat more daily servings of vegetables as part of a heart-healthy diet is not an easy task for those who have inherited a certain gene … one which makes many healthy foods taste extremely bitter.

For adults who are overweight or obese, timing exercise in the morning before breakfast may help them lose a lot more body fat than waiting until after they eat, a recent British study found.

The Centers for Disease Control [CDC] has warned that cases of influenza are on the upswing in many states, pointing to an earlier and potentially harsher flu season than the nation experienced in 2018-2019.

After multiple illnesses connected to an E. coli outbreak, the CDC is once again telling consumers not to eat any romaine lettuce grown in a certain area of the U.S.

Medical researchers at dozens of leading institutions around the nation have proposed updating the criteria for diagnosing early-stage disease which, if adopted, could increase the number of COPD patients by 2 to 5 million.

The number of twins being born to American mothers is falling after three decades of increases, according to a recent report from the National Center for Health Statistics. Since 2014, the twin birth rate has declined by 4% to its lowest level in more than a decade, to a rate of 32.6 twins per 1,000 births in 2018.

Before digging into that plate of tasty Christmas cookies, consider this: According to the American Heart Association [AHA], the average American adult consumes 22 teaspoons of added sugar per day – far exceeding its recommendation of about 6 teaspoons per day for women and 9 for men.