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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Mpox cases in the United States are twice as high as they were at this time last year, and experts are…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Mpox cases in the United States are twice as high as they were at this time last year, and experts are…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration has settled a lawsuit over some of its posts about ivermectin, including…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Visualizing a memory is a common occurrence for many people. A whiff of cinnamon and ginger may whisk you back…
Continue ReadingBy Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Sniffling a bit more than usual? Welcome to spring allergy season in the Northern Hemisphere. Even if you don’t…
Continue ReadingBy Mira Cheng, CNN (CNN) — American gamer and Twitch superstar Tyler “Ninja” Blevins revealed he was diagnosed with melanoma, a form of…
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Peace, Tampa Bay Times and KFF Health News Ocala, Florida (Tampa Bay Times/KFF Health News) — Fire Capt. Jesse Blaire steered his SUV…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Not getting enough sleep may cause you to feel five to 10 years older than you really are, according to two new…
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Tired from a restless night spent awake? One of the most helpful things to do might be to get some exercise,…
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Medicare shelled out $5.7 billion on Ozempic and other similar diabetes drugs in 2022, up from $57 million in 2018,…
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — When doctors told Katrina Barry that she had a rare and serious condition called pulmonary arterial hypertension…
Continue ReadingMarch is Sleep Apnea Awareness Month. Sleep apnea is a potentially serious disorder when breathing can start and stop causing sleep…
Continue ReadingBoard-certified doctor specializing in sleep medicine, Dr. Raj Dasgupta, join Local News 8 in the Morning to talk about sleep…
Continue ReadingBy Meg Tirrell and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — In 1937, a drugmaker called S.E. Massengill Co. came up with what seemed like an improvement on…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The US Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday on a case that could curtail access to mifepristone, one of…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — While the fate of mifepristone, one of two drugs used for medication abortions, is in the hands of the US…
Continue ReadingBy Mira Cheng, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration is again proposing a ban on electrical stimulation devices used to reduce or…
Continue ReadingTrying to imagine fat, fuzzy white lambs, jumping one by one over a fence, is a well-known remedy for sleeplessness. When I used to try this, I would…
Continue ReadingHave your legs ever been so stiff and tired that simply bending down to tie your shoes felt like a Herculean…
Continue ReadingThere was a significant increase in fatal car crashes in the United States around the time of the 2017 total solar eclipse, a new analysis…
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — An undertaker turned academic, Alexandra Morton-Hayward became interested in brains — specifically how they…
Continue ReadingMedication abortion has become increasingly common since it first became available in the United States two decades ago, and a new study finds that…
Continue ReadingCNN, GETTY IMAGES By Madeline Holcombe and Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — In the time Catherine, Princess of Wales, spent away from the public…
Continue ReadingFake artificial intelligence images are flooding social media used as a new form of…
Continue ReadingHumans have many wonderful qualities, but we lack something that’s a common feature among most animals with backbones: a tail. Exactly why that is…
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe and Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — In the time Catherine, Princess of Wales, spent away from the public before revealing her…
Continue ReadingCharlie Health looks at how social media can cause negative effects on youth mental health and offers tips for how to manage usage.…
Continue ReadingDrugmaker Eli Lilly warned this week that two of its formulations of insulin would be temporarily out of stock through the beginning of April, citing…
Continue ReadingAlmost half of the tap water in the United States is contaminated with chemicals known as “forever chemicals,” according to a study from the US…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — For 59-year-old Victor Sharrah, the terrifying symptoms began on a winter day in Nashville. “I just woke up…
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — What happens when others assume people with Down Syndrome can’t hit hard, aim high or drink a darn margarita?…
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Continue ReadingWith the arrival of spring, the United States is easing out of respiratory virus season, a familiar pattern that has been challenged by Covid-19 for…
Continue ReadingCharlie Health takes a closer look at the data that separates myth from fact about personality…
Continue Reading“It depends a lot on what your genetic predisposition is, what you’re allergic to, and then what environment you are exposed…
Continue ReadingThe US Federal Communications Commission has taken the first step toward adopting a rule that would require telecommunications companies to route…
Continue Reading(CNN) — Medicare could start covering Wegovy for certain senior citizens and other beneficiaries with a history of heart disease now that the US…
Continue ReadingMy love affair with small appliances started at an early…
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Doctors have performed the first transplant of a genetically modified kidney from a pig into a living human,…
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Mark another point against smoking: It may cause an increase in a type of body fat linked to serious disease,…
Continue ReadingLife expectancy in the United States started to rebound in 2022 as death rates from Covid-19 and other leading causes of death dropped, but deaths…
Continue ReadingYou’ve started taking an antidepressant, and it’s helping you to finally feel like life is worth living or that you can stop avoiding your…
Continue ReadingAs firearms become the top cause of child deaths in the U.S., Northwell Health examined the impact of gun violence on young…
Continue ReadingA new study projects that global fertility rates, which have been declining in all countries since 1950, will continue to plummet through the end of…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have long known that pulse oximeters are less accurate when used for people with dark skin tones…
Continue ReadingNearly half of American adults have high blood pressure, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and…
Continue ReadingMove over CrossFit, yoga and Peloton. Stretching sessions are the hot revival fitness…
Continue ReadingIntermittent fasting is one of the many trendy ways people try to lose or maintain their…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Approximately 95% of nonorganic strawberries, leafy greens such as spinach and kale, collard and mustard greens,…
Continue ReadingJust as spring is a time for rebirth, the Persian New Year is a time to celebrate new life. Nowruz is celebrated on the spring equinox, which…
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — A new gene therapy for the fatal genetic disorder metachromatic leukodystrophy, or MLD, will carry a wholesale…
Continue ReadingMore than two-thirds of children under the age of 6 in Chicago may be exposed to lead-contaminated water, a new study…
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Amy Mazur spends holidays and vacations with her kids and their father, even after a divorce. “It is so…
Continue ReadingFoodReady used data from the CDC to explore the most common settings that facilitated foodborne illnesses in the U.S. from 2009 to…
Continue ReadingOphelia mapped and analyzed the number of patients in substance use facilities per capita across the U.S., using SAMHSA survey…
Continue ReadingCNN, POOL, GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE, DANCO LABS By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Abortions are on the rise in the United States, despite bans that…
Continue ReadingAbortions are on the rise in the United States, despite bans that have taken effect in more than a dozen states since the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs…
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — US health officials are warning doctors about the dramatic rise in measles cases around the world, and advising…
Continue ReadingColon cancer may seem like a distant concern for some, but with the growing trend of younger people being diagnosed, staying informed and proactive…
Continue ReadingThe rollout is underway for Opill, the first over-the-counter birth control pill approved in the United States, and online sales began Monday…
Continue ReadingNeed a good cry? Time to chop an…
Continue ReadingFor the last decade in my job as a photographer, I have traveled the country to take pictures of young people and listen to their…
Continue ReadingOver the last few years, couples going through a “sleep divorce” has been all the rage — or just the realization that partnered sleep isn’t…
Continue ReadingGoing to see the doctor soon? Prepare to be hounded with appointment reminders by phone. By text. By robocall. By email. And in your online…
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — After Covid-19 lockdowns, 2022 was a year of marriages, according to new data. The number of marriages took a…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The US Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that it is taking a “historic” step by banning ongoing…
Continue ReadingTrue beauty starts on the inside; Something one local salon stands…
Continue ReadingResearchers with the National Institutes of Health published a pair of studies on Monday that found few clinical differences between patients with a…
Continue ReadingSmartAsset ranked 100 of the largest U.S. cities to find the healthiest places based on 10 metrics including obesity, physical activity levels, and…
Continue ReadingThis week marks the four year anniversary of when COVID-19 was officially declared a…
Continue ReadingThe US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first medication for a common form of liver inflammation called nonalcoholic steatohepatitis,…
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