What do you get, U.S., for $5 trillion annual healthcare expenditures? Up 7.5% from last year.
The worst outcomes for life expectancy, maternal, and infant mortality of all 38 @oecd-ocde.bsky.social member countries

Here is the link to the latest edition of my health and wellness newsletter, Wellness Wednesday. This month, I discuss The Hidden Danger of Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs), The Power of Wearable Technology, and Aortic Calcification. Plus, as always, a few healthy recipes.

Covid and heart sequelae
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Republican senator on the Pete Hegseth rape allegation

Check out my health and wellness newsletter, Wellness Wednesday. This month, I discuss The Heart-Healthy Benefits of Plant-Based Diets, Adding Just 5 Minutes of Exercise to Your Day Can Lower Blood Pressure, and Air Pollution and Stroke Risk. Plus, as always, a few healthy recipes.

In >60,000 UK Biobank participants an association between higher cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and less Alzheimer's disease (AD) and dementia during 12-year follow-up, mitigating genetic predisposition (w/high CRF, reduced by 35%) bjsm.bmj.com/content/earl... open-access; PRS-polygenic risk score

Braiding Sweetgrass audiobook read by the author Robin Wall Kimmerer. Magnificent!