Is this a ticking time bomb? Since the coronavirus crisis began, health professionals have seen a drop in emergency department admissions throughout France. “We’ve had a sixty percent decrease in hospitalizations,” said Prof. Claire Mounier-Vehier, MD, head of the heart and lung institute at [...]
The gender-specific events women experience between puberty and menopause—the age they have their first period, pregnancy and any related complications, and the age they reach menopause—are associated with their cardiovascular health. This was the observation of the authors in a recently-published [...]
A study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine by a team of Harvard psychologists shows that adults 50 years and older who volunteer two hours per week have considerably lower risk of losing independence and of dying. This volunteer time also inspires feelings of well-being and [...]