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Why your late teens and early 20s are crucial times for lifelong heart health

Many young adults don’t realize that high cholesterol, obesity, high blood pressure and lack of physical activity are early heart disease risk factors. Kmatta/Moment via...

Detroit’s legacy of housing inequity has caused long-term health impacts − these policies can help mitigate that harm

More than half of Detroiters rent Detroit’s aging housing stock. Suzanne Tucker/Getty Images by Roshanak Mehdipanah, University of Michigan; Kate Brantley, University of Michigan, and...

Ferguson shows resilience 10 years after the shooting of Michael Brown

Ferguson Mayor Ella Jones shows her support for the businesses in Historic Downtown Ferguson with the representatives of National League of Cities Tour (NLC)...

County’s top health post, vacant for a year, ‘vital’ to Innamorato administration

Kim Meacham, a lifelong resident of Clairton, shares her plea for solutions to air pollution in her city during public comment at the Allegheny...

Literature inspired my medical career: Why the humanities are needed in health care

Medicine is as much about the human experience as it is about biology. Jonathan Knowles/Stone via Getty Images by Irène Mathieu, University of Virginia While there is...

Pain of police killings ripples outward to traumatize Black people and communities across US

by Denise A. Herd, University of California, Berkeley As the video goes public of Black police officers in Memphis beating Tyre Nichols to death, it...

Medical technologies have been central to US pandemic response – but social behaviors matter just as much

COVID-19 vaccines and treatments aren’t societal silver bullets when health disparities persist. Michael Nagle/Xinhua via Getty Images Eyal Oren, San Diego State University Before COVID-19, there was...

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