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Only 15% to 20% of eligible Americans get lung cancer screening

Oct 13, 2026

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Only 15% to 20% of eligible Americans get lung cancer screening

A pack a day for 20 years is the USPSTF threshold for eligibility.

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About 90% of endometrial cancers come with postmenopausal bleeding

Oct 12, 2026

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About 90% of endometrial cancers come with postmenopausal bleeding

Bleeding 12 months after your last period is the signal doctors look for.

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What does your mammogram report say about breast density?

Oct 9, 2026

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What does your mammogram report say about breast density?

About 40% of women have dense breasts, and the report must now say so.

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Three claims about colon cancer screening for Thursday

Oct 8, 2026

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Three claims about colon cancer screening for Thursday

Starting earlier prevents a few cases per thousand people screened.

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One in three people will get shingles in their lifetime

Oct 7, 2026

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One in three people will get shingles in their lifetime

Nearly every adult over 50 carries the virus behind shingles.

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Melanoma in women often shows up on the legs

Oct 6, 2026

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Melanoma in women often shows up on the legs

Most melanomas start on skin that looked normal.

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A positive HPV test means something narrower than you were told

Oct 5, 2026

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A positive HPV test means something narrower than you were told

Over half of cervical cancer cases appear in women who skipped screening.

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You have probably heard petting a dog instantly lowers stress

Oct 2, 2026

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You have probably heard petting a dog instantly lowers stress

The pet-and-stress connection is weaker in controlled research than the reputation suggests.

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That heavy feeling after a big meal has a specific name

Oct 1, 2026

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That heavy feeling after a big meal has a specific name

The standard protein target was never built for women past 50.

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A little-known blood marker predicts clots better than cholesterol alone

Sep 30, 2026

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A little-known blood marker predicts clots better than cholesterol alone

A single tense doctor's visit can genuinely inflate your blood pressure reading.

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Does your height actually affect your heart risk?

Sep 29, 2026

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Does your height actually affect your heart risk?

Being shorter carries a documented, genetic link to heart risk.

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The FDA changed its estrogen warning label

Sep 28, 2026

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The FDA changed its estrogen warning label

One boxed warning on estrogen products is being removed, and one stays.

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The brain's ability to rewire itself does not have an age cutoff.

Sep 25, 2026

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The brain's ability to rewire itself does not have an age cutoff.

The old dogs, new tricks saying does not hold up against decades of neuroplasticity research.

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A popular diagnosis has been formally reviewed and rejected by endocrinologists.

Sep 24, 2026

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A popular diagnosis has been formally reviewed and rejected by endocrinologists.

Major endocrine societies have reviewed the evidence and found no proof this condition exists.

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Stacking two SPF products does not create a stronger combined number.

Sep 23, 2026

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Stacking two SPF products does not create a stronger combined number.

Combining two SPF products gives you the higher of the two numbers, never their sum.

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The most rigorous review of blue-light glasses found no real sleep benefit.

Sep 22, 2026

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The most rigorous review of blue-light glasses found no real sleep benefit.

A Cochrane review of the best available trials found no clear benefit for sleep quality.

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A jawbone x-ray can flag bone loss before a formal diagnosis exists.

Sep 21, 2026

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A jawbone x-ray can flag bone loss before a formal diagnosis exists.

Routine dental x-rays can reveal jawbone thinning years before a formal osteoporosis diagnosis.

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The chemical behind a runner's high is not the one you were told

Sep 18, 2026

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The chemical behind a runner's high is not the one you were told

Laughing next to another person does something laughing alone does not.

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Three claims about joints and muscles for Thursday

Sep 17, 2026

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Three claims about joints and muscles for Thursday

Applying heat to a fresh joint injury does not speed healing.

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The blood cholesterol you make yourself outnumbers what you eat

Sep 16, 2026

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The blood cholesterol you make yourself outnumbers what you eat

Variety in plant foods matters more than sheer fiber quantity.

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Two women at the same weight can carry very different risk

Sep 15, 2026

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Two women at the same weight can carry very different risk

Where fat sits in your body matters more than the total number.

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A normal cholesterol test does not rule out a hidden heart risk

Sep 14, 2026

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A normal cholesterol test does not rule out a hidden heart risk

A different test catches risk that cholesterol numbers miss entirely.

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One preventable factor outranks every other modifiable dementia risk.

Sep 11, 2026

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One preventable factor outranks every other modifiable dementia risk.

Of every modifiable factor researchers have identified, one sense you may be quietly ignoring tops the list.

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One sleep disorder gets blamed on stress for years before it is caught.

Sep 10, 2026

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One sleep disorder gets blamed on stress for years before it is caught.

Up to 90% of sleep apnea cases in women go undiagnosed, largely because the symptoms rarely look the way anyone expects.

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Insulin resistance affects the majority of women with this condition.

Sep 9, 2026

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Insulin resistance affects the majority of women with this condition.

A condition typically discussed only in your 20s and 30s quietly reshapes into a different problem at midlife.

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