Part of the reason why, he said, can be boiled down to simple numbers. Prevention programs must include huge numbers of people to be effective, making them expensive, and there is no guarantee they will work. As an example, Cutler pointed to smoking cessation. “If you stop smoking and then you don’t have a heart… Read More »
If you’ve started noticing that your parents’ behavior has changed, that they aren’t as optimistic as they once were and they’re having a hard time coping with the changes you’re going through, it might be time for you to step up. You should try to make their lives as healthy and as fulfilled as you… Read More »
The findings may upend a common practice. (iStock) In healthy elderly people who never had a heart attack, the widespread practice of taking a baby aspirin every day may do more harm than good, according to a U.S.-Australian study of more than 19,000 volunteers. The trial has “provided convincing evidence that aspirin is ineffective in… Read More »