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A study on the inflammatory effects of air pollution has found that individuals with heart problems are more seriously affected.

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New research shows that heavy alcohol use among adults in the U.S. has persisted beyond the pandemic. In 2022, heavy alcohol ...

Some other lung-related conditions known to cause chest discomfort include: Pneumonia: This infection inflames the air sacs in your lungs and can make your chest hurt when you breathe or cough.

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Alcohol can change how your body breaks down and absorbs medications, causing adverse reactions, and even overdose. Here are ...

You may not need to take drugs to bring blood pressure down. Do you have high blood pressure? You most likely do without even knowing it. In a new report, 48% of U.S. adults have high blood ...

Even as the pressures of the pandemic began to ebb, Americans' growing dependence on alcohol did not, a troubling new study ...

A new finds that heavy drinking among adult Americans increased more than 20 percent during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic and continued for the following two years.

Rates of heavy drinking and of alcohol-related liver disease had been rising steadily for decades before ... Excessive ...