Top News | Police Work Undermines Cardiovascular Health, Comparison To General Population Shows agoIt is well documented that police officers have a higher risk of developing heart disease: The question is why. In the most recent results coming out of one of the few long-term studies being conducted within this tightly knit society, researchers have determined that underlying the higher incidence of subclinical atherosclerosis -- arterial thickening that precedes a heart attack or stroke -- may be the stress of police work. - [Read more] |
| Overweight Kids Experience More Loneliness, Anxiety agoAs childhood obesity rates continue to increase, experts agree that more information is needed about the implications of being overweight as a step toward reversing current trends. A new study has found that overweight children, especially girls, show signs of the negative consequences of being overweight as early as kindergarten. - [Read more] |
| What Drives Lung Cancers Spread? 16 minutes agoA new study reveals the genetic underpinnings of what causes lung cancer to quickly metastasize, or spread, to the brain and the bone -- the two most prominent sites of lung cancer relapse. - [Read more] |
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