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Time to hit the treadmill! Six years of exercise in middle age is enough to slash risk of heart failure
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For veterans undergoing surgery in the VA healthcare system, homelessness is an important risk factor for unplanned hospital readmission, reports
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Twenty-five million Americans suffer from asthma, a chronic lung disease that has been on the rise since the 1980s. While