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By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Opioid medications are one of the most typically prescribed treatments for the worldwide problem of low back…
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Opioid medications are one of the most typically prescribed treatments for the worldwide problem of low back…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Beans, beans, the magical … longevity food? True, these tiny, unassuming morsels are filling and nutritious,…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden is one of many millions of people who have sleep apnea, a serious sleep disorder in which…
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — The Earth recently recorded its hottest day ever – a record experts warn will likely be repeatedly broken…
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — As a heat wave covers southern Arizona to the Florida coast, bringing triple-digit temperatures and extreme humidity…
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Cohen and Giri Viswanathan, CNN (CNN) — Dr. Rochelle Walensky on Friday will leave her post as director of the US Centers for…
Continue ReadingBy Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Over 50 million people in the southern United States will be under oppressive heat conditions this week. The…
Continue ReadingBy Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Over 50 million people in the southern United States will be under oppressive heat conditions this week. The…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — People who identify as transgender have significantly higher rates of suicide and suicide attempts compared…
Continue ReadingBy Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an alert this week to clinicians that there are locally…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Demand for contraceptives surged in the United States after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and a…
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and an adviser…
Continue ReadingBy Sharon Browne-Peter, CNN (CNN) — Living with sickle cell anemia, each day feels like a silent battle against my body’s limitations.…
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — The world is having more good times, but bad times are staying the same, according to a new report released…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning doctors and public health officials about a…
Continue ReadingBy Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — An experimental drug from Eli Lilly helped patients with obesity lose an average of 24% of their body weight over…
Continue ReadingBy Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — An experimental drug from Eli Lilly helped patients with obesity lose an average of 24% of their body weight over…
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Whether you’re without power, enduring extreme heat or trying to save money, there are ways to feel…
Continue ReadingBy Kate Golembiewski, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s note: Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple. Sign up for CNN’s Life, But…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Frito-Lay has issued a voluntary recall of Tostitos Avocado Salsa Jar Dip because it may contain an…
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — For years, dreams of my teeth cracking, loosening or falling out plagued my sleep. Some of my loved ones have…
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Radiation from nail dryers may damage DNA and cause cancer-causing mutations in human cells, a study has found…
Continue ReadingBy Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Eli Lilly’s experimental pill for weight loss helped people lose an average of 15% of their body weight after 36…
Continue ReadingBy Giri Viswanathan, CNN (CNN) — Most children in the US who die from an accidental shooting are playing around with guns at home or mistaking…
Continue ReadingBy Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Eli Lilly’s experimental pill for weight loss helped people lose an average of 15% of their body weight after 36…
Continue ReadingBy Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first gene therapy to treat a rare and devastating muscle…
Continue ReadingBy Christine Koh, CNN (CNN) — When a friendship hits a stumbling block, how do you know whether to work on the relationship or let it go? It…
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — You might believe cortisol is the culprit sabotaging your fitness and weight loss efforts if you’re getting…
Continue ReadingBy Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — Sunrise Growers has recalled frozen fruit products sold at chain stores nationwide over possible listeria…
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Experts called by the US National Transportation Safety Board, or NTSB, to testify about the February train…
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Abortion today, at least in the United States, is a political, legal and moral powder keg. But for long stretches of…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The United States population has been aging for decades and is now older than it has ever been. The median…
Continue ReadingBy Giri Viswanathan, CNN (CNN) — E-cigarette use is flaring up across the United States, according to a new study by the US Centers for Disease…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The rate of pregnant women dying of delivery-related causes in the hospital appears to have declined…
Continue ReadingBy Giri Viswanathan, CNN (CNN) — A new report puts US states’ health care systems on a scorecard, with Massachusetts coming out on top. But…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Adults 60 and older will be eligible to get a shot that could protect them from respiratory syncytial virus, or…
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent (CNN) — As Amanda Zurawski walked into a Capitol Hill hearing room in April, she was…
Continue ReadingBy Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it will test a sample from a 42-year-old woman who is…
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — The United States Food and Drug Administration will test out labels on the front of food packages in the hope…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Most US obstetrician/gynecologists worry that the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision has had significant…
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN (CNN) — When you hear the term “muscle memory,” it conjures up images of your muscles being able to…
Continue ReadingBy Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — Pharmaceutical firm Novo Nordisk says it has begun legal proceedings against some US medical spas, weight…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Adults ages 19 to 64 in the United States should be screened for anxiety disorders, according to a new…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Taking daytime naps may help maintain brain health as we age, according to a new study. However, prior research has…
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Aspirin is one of the most commonly used medications in the US. Studies show that more than 40% of adults ages…
Continue ReadingBy Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Our children are struggling with their mental health. And as visits to physicians for anxiety and other issues go…
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Like brushing your teeth or washing your face, putting deodorant on every day might seem like one of those…
Continue ReadingBy Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent (CNN) – I’ve been thinking a lot about aging lately. I’m turning 54 this year, so by all…
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — If you’re lonely or socially isolated, you might have a higher risk of early death, according to a large new…
Continue ReadingBy Amaya McDonald, CNN (CNN) — One in six parents say their child complains of tummy aches at least once a month, according to a national poll…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — It’s a misnomer that heavy drinkers can “hold their liquor,” a new study found. Instead, people with…
Continue ReadingBy Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Roughly 200 years ago, a Belgian mathematician and statistician named Adolphe Quetelet, seeking to characterize…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Texas has joined a growing number of states extending the period in which new moms can qualify for Medicaid…
Continue ReadingBy Giri Viswanathan (CNN) — Prompt access to hormone therapy can be a key tool in improving the mental health of transgender people, according…
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — As he was growing up, Jeremy Givens says the narrative he heard around Black fathers was different than the…
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent (CNN) — Dozens of professors from Harvard, Yale, Columbia and other universities wrote a…
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Two clinical trials have been paused within the past two days because six participants – including one child…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — For men who use testosterone-replacement therapy because of low levels of the hormone, the treatment does not…
Continue ReadingBy Meg Tirrell and Carma Hassan (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday said it has recommended that Covid-19 vaccine…
Continue ReadingBy Nadia Kounang, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights announced Friday that pharmacy chains…
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — A report about a cancer-causing chemical being detected in some dry shampoos may have led you rethink your hair…
Continue ReadingBy Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — A panel of outside advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration voted Thursday that Covid-19 vaccines should be…
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — About 1 in 8 Americans over 50 struggle with an unhealthy relationship with highly processed food that goes well…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — People who prefer to go to bed and get up later — a sleep chronotype known as being a night owl — may die…
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Fathers matter. A new study — a rare effort that focuses solely on the father’s involvement in an infant’s…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The proportion of US adults who have ever been diagnosed with depression ranges greatly depending on where…
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Pfizer, the manufacturer of Bicillin – a long-acting injectable form of the antibiotic penicillin – is…
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — A team of researchers in the United States and United Kingdom say they have created the world’s first…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — In 2021, suicide and homicide rates for children and young adults ages 10 to 24 in the US were the…
Continue ReadingBy Nadia Kounang, CNN (CNN) — In a statement Wednesday, the Concussion in Sport Group, a panel of the world’s leading experts on concussion…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — People of color and those in lower income brackets seem to be disproportionately affected by food allergies,…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — American track and field champion Tori Bowie, who won gold, silver and bronze medals in the 2016 Olympic Games,…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Despite increasing acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community, at least in some circles, adults who identify as gay,…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — The bones of teens and young adults who lost significant weight after bariatric surgery were weaker than those…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 15% of children in the United States were recently treated for mental health disorders in 2021,…
Continue ReadingBy Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Smoke from more than 430 active wildfires in Canada spread south last week and led to the worst pollution the New…
Continue ReadingBy Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Smoke from more than 430 active wildfires in Canada spread south last week and led to the worst pollution the New…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Obesity may damage the brain’s ability to recognize the sensation of fullness and be satisfied after eating…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips and Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Researchers say they may be able to explain how light drinking benefits the heart, and its…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — A first-of-its-kind topical gel for the treatment of erectile dysfunction, called Eroxon, has been authorized…
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — You sleep for seven to eight hours almost every night, only to feel unrested through the morning or even most of…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — It’s only June, but scientists in the US are already thinking about flu season. As always at this time of…
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Researchers say they have been able to tap a new pool of organ donors to preserve and transplant their hearts:…
Continue ReadingBy Dana Santas, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s note: Dana Santas, known as the “Mobility Maker,” is a certified strength and conditioning…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — An advisory panel for the US Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously Friday that the…
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — The giant seaweed blob that has been piling up on beaches on the Florida coast — posing risks to sea life,…
Continue ReadingBy Megan Marples, CNN (CNN) — With hot summer months ahead, taking a dip in the water can be a refreshing way to cool off. Whether you’re…
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) — Advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration voted Thursday to endorse a monoclonal antibody designed to…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — As Covid-19 testing and other coronavirus tracking efforts peter out in the United States, wastewater…
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez and Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Across the United States and Canada, millions of people are navigating potentially harmful…
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez and Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Across the United States and Canada, millions of people are navigating potentially harmful…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Taurine, an amino acid often used by body builders and added to energy or sports drinks, may be an “elixir of…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at Ebola, a virus with a high fatality rate that was first identified in Africa in 1976. Facts…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Among some of the nation’s largest cancer centers, more than 90% have reported being directly affected by…
Continue ReadingBy Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent (CNN) — As a father of three teenage girls, one of my biggest parenting challenges has…
Continue ReadingBy Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — A salmonella outbreak that was linked to Gold Medal flour is over, the US Centers for Disease Control and…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — If you have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep, wake up too early most days or have other signs of…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Millions of people in the US are under air quality alerts as smoke from Canadian wildfires sweeps through the…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Millions of people in the US are under air quality alerts as smoke from Canadian wildfires sweeps through the…
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Researchers say they have been able to tap a new pool of organ donors to preserve and transplant their hearts:…
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