JAMA Network Open Journal

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Health & Wellness

The “Hello Heart” mobile app helps people manage their Blood Pressure

People with high blood pressure who used a smartphone app and at-home monitor were able to drive down their blood pressure, a new study showed. The program, called Hello Heart, lets people track their blood pressure, weight, and physical activity and offers tips on how to manage blood pressure. Around half of adults in the United States have high blood pressure, but only around a quarter of those people have […]

todayOctober 19, 2021

Health & Wellness

Vape Now, Smoke Later

A new study published in the JAMA Network Open Journal, has found that teens who start vaping are nearly three times more likely to go on to smoke cigarettes than their peers who don’t use any type of tobacco product. The results are alarming for both medical experts — who would rather kids not smoke — and for the e-cigarette industry, which is increasingly marketing its products as smoking-cessation tools […]

todayFebruary 5, 2019

Food & Drink

Food Allergy? Phooey!

More than one in 10 adults has a food allergy, but nearly one in five think they do, according to a new survey. The survey, administered by NORC at the University of Chicago in 2015 through 2016 was completed by 40,443 U.S. adults and aimed to provide national estimates of the "distribution, severity and factors associated with adult food allergy." Researchers estimated that 10.8 percent of Americans had one or […]

todayJanuary 25, 2019

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