More than 14 million children and teens in the U.S. are living with obesity. It’s a chronic disease associated with a lifetime of health risks. That’s why for the first time ever, the American Academy of Pediatrics released groundbreaking guidelines on treating children battling obesity.

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Lung cancer is the most common form of cancer and the leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. 1-in-5 to be exact. Catching it early is key, but in the past, only 20 – 30% of lung cancers were found at stage one or two. Now, doctors have a new tool to help them to find and diagnose it earlier than ever before.

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Starting the day earlier, especially as people age, offers benefits. Early to bed, early to rise, not only makes a person wealthy and wise, but healthy, too, especially if they’ve older than 65. New research suggests activities that may be within a person’s control, such as keeping a regular sleep routine for older adults, may lead to better mental health.

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Fractures can be painful and debilitating. For most people, the pain only lasts for months, but some can be left with a lifetime of hurt. Now, a first-of-its-kind procedure is helping patients living in pain to become pain-free.

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Dr. Jerome Adams, WISH-TV medical expert and a former U.S. surgeon general, said Monday that the numbers are rising the fastest in Texas, Florida, and New York, with a 10% increase in COVID-19-related hospitalizations.

“Many people feel like they’ve moved on from COVID, but unfortunately COVID has not moved on from us,” Adams said. “We’re not going back to a place where we’re shutting down schools or where we’re having mask mandates, but it doesn’t mean that we can’t protect ourselves when we do see a surge coming.”

Adams says knowing cases are rising can help those who have comorbidity or who are older begin taking precautions if they’re going to crowded spaces.

Dr. Adams also spoke on the long-term COVID symptoms, like brain fog, which are now becoming the focus of many new treatment studies.

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than half of Americans ages 18 and older regularly consume alcohol, and nearly 17% of adults binge drink. Outside of regular use, too much alcohol can cause more problems than expected.

Research shows that about 15 million Americans struggle with an alcohol use disorder, but only 10% of those receive help. This excessive alcohol use has been linked to an increased risk of injuries, chronic diseases, cancer, and poor pregnancy outcomes.

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While the connection between physical health and longevity is well-established, researchers are now finding even our attitude towards aging can add, or subtract, years to our life. But how do we keep a positive perspective when we’re bombarded with images of old wicked witches and grumpy old men? We are in a new age of how we think about aging and it may just help us all live longer, healthier lives.

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The Indiana Black & Minority Health Fair begins Thursday at the Indiana Convention Center and is offering free health tests to participants.The goal of the Indiana Black & Minority Health Fair is to raise minority awareness of chronic diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease, stroke, hypertension, and cancer, and how to prevent them. The fair is also working toward raising awareness of health issues that specifically target minorities.

WISH-TV Medical Expert and former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams joins us to discuss the fair.

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For the past two years, News 8 has been proud to team up with partners at Community Health Network to dedicate time to talk about the biggest health issues facing Indiana. The “WISH-TV Health Spotlight Special” talked about the No. 1 cause of death in the state, which can be a silent killer, heart disease. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control says heart disease was the No. 1 cause of death in 42 of the 50 states including Indiana in 2021. Only 13 states had a higher death rate from heart disease than Indiana. In 2021, on average in Indiana, more than 40 people died every single day from heart disease. In Indiana, the highest rates were in Vigo, Starke and Fayette counties. The lowest rates were in Hamilton, Carroll and Cass counties.

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WISH-TV Medical Expert and former Attorney General Dr. Jerome Adams joined Health Spotlight Wednesday to discuss the state of air quality in Indianapolis.“ If you go to airnow.gov and put in anywhere in the Indianapolis area, you will see that the air is rated as very unhealthy,” said Dr. Adams. “I’ve never been in a situation in Indiana where the air has been this bad.”

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