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A cough that hangs on for days can feel annoying, exhausting, and vaguely worrying. For many people, the real fear shows up when a chest cold starts feeling deeper, heavier, or harder to shake: can bronchitis turn into pneumonia? In some cases, yes, a bout of bronchitis can be followed by pneumonia. Acute bronchitis affects … Read more
Losing central vision can turn ordinary tasks into daily negotiations. Reading a menu, spotting a face across a room, checking a medicine label, or following text on a phone can all become hard once the center of sight fades out. For people with advanced dry age-related macular degeneration, especially geographic atrophy, that loss has long … Read more
A blunt answer exists, but it needs context. In the broad federal category of past-year substance use disorder, the highest rate in the most recent national survey belongs to American Indian and Alaska Native people. In 2023, SAMHSA reported a past-year substance use disorder rate of 25.3% for American Indian or Alaska Native people age … Read more