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Why Flight Attendants Are More Prone to Cancer Than the General Population

Editor’s Note: This article is a reprint. It was originally published February 27, 2019. While many professions have health risks, some have a particularly high risk for cancer. Female firefighters aged 40 to 50 are six times more likely to develop breast cancer than the national average, for example, thanks to the high levels of… Read More: Why Flight Attendants Are More Prone to Cancer Than the… »

Close to half of U.S. population projected to have obesity by 2030

About half of the adult U.S. population will have obesity and about a quarter will have severe obesity by 2030, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The study also predicts that in 29 states, more than half of the population will have obesity, and all states will… Read More: Close to half of U.S. population projected to have obesity… »