While smoking rates in the United States have substantially declined over the past six decades, smoking remains high among people with low incomes, leading to health disparities. A smartphone app that delivers real-time, tailored messages may hold the key to helping them quit, according to University of Oklahoma clinical trial results published today in JAMA…
Mental health services must urgently increase investment in lifestyle interventions to improve care and help close the 15-year life expectancy gap faced by people with mental illness, a new Lancet Psychiatry Commission report warns. Lifestyle interventions targeting physical activity, nutrition, sleep and smoking are key to mental health care, not optional extras, according to the…
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — With so many notebooks and folders to gather for back-to-school, Bronson is reminding people that a child’s health is more important than anything on the supply list. Power Up Back to School and Better Health Fair Sunday brought together the community as the summer ends, and the adults got a checkup…