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Comparing three Covid-19 vaccines: Pfizer, Moderna, J&J - STAT
Feb 2, 2021 · This story was last updated on Jan. 31, 2022. S cientific teams around the world have developed successful Covid-19 vaccines in incredibly short order. In a feat that even a couple of years ago ...
Life expectancy for men in U.S. falls to 73 years - STAT
Nov 13, 2023 · The picture is especially concerning for men, whose life expectancy is now 73.2 years, compared with women’s 79.1.This 5.9 year gap is the widest between the two genders since 1996. “Across ...
By the numbers: America’s alcohol-related health problems ... - STAT
Jun 27, 2024 · Experts are currently evaluating the scientific evidence on alcohol’s health effects. The 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans are due at the end of next year, and could change what people in ...
Why liver experts renamed NASH to MASH, and NAFLD to MASLD …
Dec 28, 2023 · Meanwhile, rates of “fatty liver” gradually began rising. By the late 2010s, MASLD was becoming a full-blown threat, a leading cause of liver failure and need for transplant, a disease costing ...
Rates of depression and anxiety climbed across the globe in 2020 …
Oct 8, 2021 · R ates of depression and anxiety climbed globally by more than 25% in 2020, a devastating ripple effect of the Covid-19 pandemic that has particularly affected women and young people, according to ...
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Medical errors and accidents: an ongoing threat to health| STAT
Aug 4, 2021 · Accountability for medical errors paradoxically attaches to individual providers who cannot make changes to prevent them, while the managers who can make needed changes don't have the incentives ...
Health websites are notoriously misleading. So we rated their
Jul 26, 2019 · Belief in natural or alternative medicine is often driven by a distrust of doctors and the pharmaceutical industry. Ironically, the transparency practices at otherwise reliable health sites may ...