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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Working your brain hard at your job could pay off in more ways than boosting your career — it may…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Working your brain hard at your job could pay off in more ways than boosting your career — it may…
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — There are a lot of risks when it comes to adolescents using screens — and a new multinational study shows…
Continue ReadingBy Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Kerry Pearl remembers the pharmacist holding up the medicine her 4-year-old son needed to help him breathe. “He…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Zepbound, a popular weight loss drug, also seems to help people with obstructive sleep apnea, drugmaker Eli…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration is warning that dangerous counterfeit versions of Botox have been…
Continue ReadingTrauma is a very common mental health condition, but is believed to affect more people than statistics…
Continue ReadingCNN By Dana Santas, CNN (CNN) — For years, conventional wisdom in fitness culture has promoted the belief that stretching to become more…
Continue ReadingBy Dana Santas, CNN (CNN) — For years, conventional wisdom in fitness culture has promoted the belief that stretching to become more flexible…
Continue ReadingBy Matt Villano, CNN (CNN) — Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt probably has become a pretty unpopular guy among teenagers over the last few…
Continue ReadingBy Mira Cheng, CNN (CNN) — Clyde Davis battled a methamphetamine and heroin addiction for over nine years. He tried various treatment programs,…
Continue ReadingBy John Bonifield, CNN (CNN) — Nineteen people from nine states have reported harmful reactions after receiving cosmetic injections —…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Makers of melatonin supplements have 18 to 24 months to voluntarily add child-deterrent packaging and improve…
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — It’s common knowledge that exercise is good for your mental health and your heart health — and now a new…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Pregnancy complications, such as gestational diabetes or preeclampsia, may be linked to an elevated risk of…
Continue ReadingBy David Allan, CNN (CNN) — Record-breaking heat, rising sea levels, increasingly extreme weather and more are fueled by the human-made climate…
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — You’ve just started dating someone new, and things are heating up when you realize you haven’t asked them…
Continue ReadingBy Andrea Kane, CNN Season 9 of the podcast Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta explores the intersection between body weight and health. We delve…
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — A Houston hospital has temporarily stopped liver and kidney transplants after it says it learned one of its…
Continue ReadingA Portneuf Medical surgeon has performed 1,000 robotic…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — There are more active drug shortages in the United States than ever, according to data from the…
Continue ReadingThe number of women ages 40 to 64 seen at a hospital because of alcohol misuse nearly doubled during the pandemic, according to a new…
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — In the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, more young adults in the United States took pregnancy off the…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Collins, CNN London (CNN) — I’m personally a massive fan of any meal that involves chicken, from deep-fried wings to a gourmet-style…
Continue ReadingCare Better used its database, based partly on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services data, to see how prices for the same services vary within a…
Continue ReadingNext City investigates how medical debt will be canceled for up to 1 million Arizona residents under the American Rescue Plan…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — More than 100 cases of measles have been reported in the United States since the start of the year, and the…
Continue ReadingA worker on a dairy farm in Texas tested positive for the avian flu, only the second case of a person in the United States who has contracted the…
Continue ReadingKirsten Puccio gave birth to her daughter in August 2020. It was a moment she had both eagerly awaited and dreaded for…
Continue ReadingPeople in at least two states have been hospitalized with botulism-like illness after receiving cosmetic injections – commonly known as “botox”…
Continue ReadingZach Dougherty from 3I Law joined Local News 8 in the Morning today to share the latest advancements in medical delivery drones and how soon we could…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — In 2019 alone, more than half a million people died due to a stroke linked to high and low temperatures, a new…
Continue ReadingBy Phyllis Fagell, CNN (CNN) — CNN — At some point, most people will provide care for a loved one, whether their children, spouses or…
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Suicide rates among people of all ages in the United States have increased over the past two decades, making it…
Continue ReadingGen Z is having a harder time than previous generations did at their age, according to new research. But the secret to increasing their happiness may…
Continue Readinghe US Environmental Protection Agency has finalized stringent new regulations on levels of six perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration finalized the first national standard to limit dangerous “forever chemicals” found…
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — At 23, only a few years into her professional surfing career, Becca Speak was sponsored by brands including…
Continue ReadingBy Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, CNN (CNN) — Ramadan is coming to an end, which means it’s time to plan to celebrate Eid al-Fitr. The Islamic…
Continue ReadingNorthwell Health partnered with Stacker to analyze CDC data about Americans’ physical activity levels and how they vary by…
Continue ReadingThe total solar eclipse has come and gone after creating a celestial spectacle Monday in the skies over Mexico, the US and Canada. But some people…
Continue ReadingDonors of all blood types – especially type O blood donors and those giving platelets – are needed now to keep the blood supply strong enough to…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — As the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the United States hits store shelves, the company behind…
Continue ReadingAn RSV vaccine already used for older adults could help protect people as young as 18 who are at increased risk of the disease, drugmaker Pfizer…
Continue ReadingThe US Environmental Protection Agency issued new rules on Tuesday to protect neighborhoods near more than 200 manufacturing facilities that release…
Continue ReadingUsing acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, during pregnancy was not associated with increased risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual…
Continue ReadingBy Jessica DuLong, CNN (CNN) — Since time immemorial, humans have done their darnedest to try and cheat death. Today, as revolutionary…
Continue ReadingThe 74 does a deep dive into applied behavior analysis for autism therapy, its history, progression, and studies’ results throughout the…
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Using less salt in your food may seem boring, but the payoffs could be as big as a lowered risk of death, new…
Continue ReadingSoutheastern Idaho Public Health (SIPH) has partnered with SafeSide Prevention to provide free training for primary care…
Continue ReadingWith dieting, the conventional wisdom says a person needs to be in calorie-deficit mode to lose weight. If you eat more calories than you burn, you…
Continue ReadingPotentially toxic chemicals called PFAS (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are found in surface and groundwaters around the world at…
Continue ReadingThe popular weight loss drug Wegovy seems to provide more health benefits for people who have diabetes and a common kind of heart failure than just…
Continue ReadingI stash lip balm everywhere: in my purse, bedroom drawer and car, to name a few spots. I have a better chance of finding a tube of lip balm than my…
Continue ReadingResearchers looking for clues about why some types of cancer are on the rise in younger adults say they’ve found an interesting lead: a connection…
Continue ReadingTo spot breast cancer early, there are…
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Sealy, CNN (CNN) — Braelen Bridges had finally made it. In 2021, after establishing his college basketball career at two smaller…
Continue ReadingSunday, April 7, marks six months since the brutal war between Israel and Hamas, which has resulted in an immense amount of fear and anguish among…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Homes and buildings across the Northeast shook briefly Friday morning as a 4.8 magnitude earthquake hit near New…
Continue ReadingAn implant for obstructive sleep apnea — a serious sleep malady in which breathing stops for 10 seconds to two minutes many times an hour each…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Close relatives of people with treatment-resistant depression are nine times more likely to develop depression…
Continue ReadingRetirement may be time for a lot of fun things, but an increase in drinking shouldn’t be one of them, experts…
Continue ReadingGrist finds that a revised CDC reporting system led to a 70% increase in reported cases of Lyme disease, but experts say more can be…
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — For people avoiding caffeine, decaf coffee seems like a harmless option. But some health advocacy groups that…
Continue ReadingAmylyx Pharmaceuticals announced Thursday that it has begun the process of voluntarily withdrawing its ALS drug, Relyvrio, from the market after it…
Continue ReadingThere is no doubt that stress is a part of everyday life, but too much can have detrimental impacts on people’s physical and mental…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Around the world each year, tens of millions of people are told they have cancer, and millions die from the…
Continue ReadingWCVB, MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL, CNN By John Bonifield, Brenda Goodman and Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — Rick Slayman, the world’s first living…
Continue ReadingFor roughly 1 in 4 American adults, spring blooms mark the start of itchy, eye-watering, congested…
Continue ReadingBy John Bonifield, Brenda Goodman and Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — Rick Slayman, the world’s first living recipient of a genetically edited pig…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — A six-week ban on abortion set to take effect in Florida next month will severely limit abortion access in a…
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