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Your microbiome is the collection of all of the microbes that live on and in you. It profoundly affects your health and, studies increasingly show, the health of your children.
A new study reports that altering the gut microbiome of male mice negatively affected the health and lifespan of their offspring through epigenetic changes in sperm. Offspring of males whose gut microbiome had been disrupted by antibiotics suffered from impaired gestation and metabolic dysfunctions.According to the National Center for Health Statistics, during July 2021 through December 2023, one half of teenagers spent four or more hours on daily screen time, such as phones, TV and computers.
Study authors estimated that improper arm position could mean 16 percent of U.S. adults, or 40 million Americans, may be mistakenly diagnosed with hypertension using a cutoff of 140 mmHg and higher, and 22 percent, or 54 million people, would be misclassified using the lower cutoff of 130 mmHg. That could be the difference between a prescription for a hypertension-lowering medication or a recommendation to make lifestyle-only changes, reports STAT.
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