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Sharecare is an online health company that enables individuals to oversee their health from a single platform. The Sharecare platform offers a detailed and tailored health profile for everyone, regardless of their current health status. Users can effortlessly access vital information, research-backed programs, and connect with health professionals, all aimed at helping them achieve their healthiest, happiest, and most productive lives.

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EPA bans two cancer-causing chemicals

Dec 9, 2024 | sharecare.com | Mary Elizabeth Dallas

Updated on December 9, 2024. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has banned two cancer-causing chemicals— trichloroethylene (TCE) and tetrachloroethylene (PERC or PCE)—long used in consumer products and industrial processes. The move is part of a larger effort to reduce Americans’ exposure to toxic chemicals and pollutants that cause cancer and other serious health problems.
Updated guidelines offer new advice on how to prevent strokes

Oct 23, 2024 | sharecare.com | Mary Elizabeth Dallas

Updated on October 23, 2024. In the United States, someone has a stroke every 40 seconds. And every 3 minutes and 11 seconds, someone dies of a stroke. Overall, each year, about 610,000 people will have a stroke for the first time. And once you’ve had a stroke, you’re chances of having another one are a lot higher. But there is some good news: Up to 80 percent of strokes may be preventable.
Breast cancer on the rise among younger women

Oct 2, 2024 | sharecare.com | Mary Elizabeth Dallas

Learn who is at greater risk—and possible reasons for the worrisome trend. Updated on October 2, 2024. Fewer people are dying from breast cancer thanks to decades of progress in treatment for the disease as well as early detection through screenings. But as death rates have fallen over the past 40 years, a new report shows that more younger women are being newly diagnosed with breast cancer.
Is it croup or whooping cough?

Sep 26, 2024 | sharecare.com | Mary Elizabeth Dallas

Updated on September 26, 2024. There are many different types of coughs—wet, dry, hoarse. And they can all seem worrisome, especially when they last for weeks, keep you up at night, or have a distinct sound. But that sound—among other things—can actually help you understand what’s causing it. And once you know the cause, you can take steps to treat it. Here are two distinct coughs caused by very different infections.
7 reasons why some people don’t trust vaccines-and why you should

Sep 20, 2024 | sharecare.com | Mary Elizabeth Dallas

Get the facts and clear up misinformation about life-saving immunizations. Updated on September 20, 2024. Vaccines save lives. They teach your body how to fight infections—even before you get them. A landmark May 2024 study published in The Lancet estimates that over the past five decades, vaccinations for just 14 diseases have saved about 154 million lives around the world. That’s about six lives every minute of every year for 50 years.
FDA approves the first epinephrine nasal spray

Aug 13, 2024 | sharecare.com | Mary Elizabeth Dallas

It’s the first needle-free options for those with life-threatening allergic reactions. Updated on August 13, 2024. For the first time in nearly four decades, people with severe allergies have a new treatment option. On August 9, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved neffy—a single-dose epinephrine nasal spray for the emergency treatment of allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis.
GLP-1s linked to lower risk for 10 types of cancer

Aug 1, 2024 | sharecare.com | Mary Elizabeth Dallas

Updated on August 1, 2024. More than one-third of adults—and about 16 percent of children—are obese, according to the National Institutes of Health. Obesity puts these people at higher risk for a long list of chronic health issues including heart disease—and certain types of cancer. Popular weight loss drugs, called GLP-1 agonists or GLP-1s, have been shown to be highly effective in helping people lose weight.
Nearly half of all U.S. cancer deaths may be preventable

Jul 12, 2024 | sharecare.com | Mary Elizabeth Dallas

Research suggests that 40 percent of cancer cases are linked to controllable risk factors, including smoking, obesity, and drinking. Updated on July 12, 2024. Some 40 percent of cancers and nearly half of all deaths from the disease in adults ages 30 and older are tied to risk factors that people can control—smoking, drinking alcohol, obesity, physical inactivity, and vaccine-preventable infections, according to a new study lead by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS).
What Are Biosimilar Drugs?

Mar 22, 2024 | sharecare.com | Veronica Hackethal

Updated on March 22, 2024. Since the first biosimilar was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2015, 46 others have also received FDA-approval. Why is this a big deal? High costs prevented or delayed nearly 13 million U.S. adults from getting their medications in the years leading up to the COVID pandemic, according to a 2021 analysis conducted by the nonprofit Urban Institute.
What is Cushing’s Syndrome-And How Is It Treated?

Feb 27, 2024 | sharecare.com | Mary Elizabeth Dallas

Updated on February 27, 2024. Amy Schumer recently announced that she has been diagnosed with Cushing’s syndrome, a disorder that develops over time when there is too much cortisol in the body. Schumer went public with her health issue after receiving a flurry of critical social media comments about her “puffier than normal” face.