Lifestyle and Budget

GOP leaders plan Tuesday health vote, it's an uphill climb

Vulnerable House Republicans stood defiant about their support for an unpopular bill to repeal Obamacare as the effort languished in the Senate, leaving them to face angry voters with, perhaps, nothing to show for it.

Mediterranean diets may reduce the risk of dementia up to 35%: study

Healthy eating habits, particularly the Mediterranean diet, which was originally developed to improve cardiovascular health, may now lower your risk of developing cognitive impairment up to 35%, the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference said Monday.

African Americans are the most at risk for developing Alzheimer's, study finds

A series of studies reported at the 2017 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in London Sunday confirm that African Americans are one-and-a-half times more at risk than their counterparts or non-Hispanic whites for developing Alzheimer’s disease—an irreversible progressive brain disorder.