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By 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 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:…
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 Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — If gas guzzlers disappeared from US car lots by 2035 and were replaced by zero-emissions vehicles –…
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — More kids, teens and young adults are experiencing anxiety — but fewer are getting the appropriate…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Like lava rising from a volcano, the heat streams across your body, reddening your face and quickening your…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — When asked serious public health questions related to abuse, suicide or other medical crises, the online…
Continue ReadingBy Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — For much of the world, summer has already arrived or will be upon them soon. More than three years into the…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The gun violence epidemic in the United States was deadlier than ever in 2021, according to a new report from…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The gun violence epidemic in the United States was deadlier than ever in 2021, according to a new report from…
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN East Palestine, Ohio (CNN) — One Monday in early March, a team of 15 health specialists affiliated with the federal…
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Whether children were breastfed as infants and for how long may have an impact on their test scores when…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is some background information about stem cells. Scientists believe that stem cell research can be used to…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — More and more adults are taking over-the-counter melatonin to get to sleep, and some may be using it at…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — People who use estrogen-only pills during menopause were more likely to be diagnosed with high blood pressure…
Continue ReadingBy Casey Barber, CNN (CNN) — Wild, not mild — it’s not an official tagline for the range of ingredients and dishes that fall into the…
Continue ReadingBy Jodie Sadowsky, CNN (CNN) — When Sam Maya, a beloved husband, father, friend, stockbroker and coach, died by suicide 16 years ago, he left a…
Continue ReadingBy Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration is working with Chinese drugmaker Qilu Pharmaceutical to import the…
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration has finalized guidance on the maximum amount of inorganic arsenic that…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The Covid-19 pandemic set US life expectancy back by years, but new research shows that the country has been…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Millions of adults in the United States are not taking their medications as prescribed because of costs,…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — A late-stage trial of women with cervical cancer at low risk of progression found that having a simple…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — A drug used in people in the early stage of the most common kind of breast cancer – HR+/HER2- breast cancer…
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Red light therapy has been found to be helpful for skin health, wound healing, hair growth among people with…
Continue ReadingBy Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Thursday a plan to cover a new class of Alzheimer’s…
Continue ReadingBy Amanda McClelland and Dr. Tom Frieden (CNN) — A pandemic emerges. It spreads around the world, claims lives and devastates economies for…
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The United States saw a 200% increase in brain abscesses in children in December 2022 following a surge in…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — On the day when UnitedHealthcare requirement was set to start a new requirement for endoscopy services,…
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) — Cheri Ferguson has traded her vape pen for an Ozempic pen. One day seven weeks ago, “I thought, ‘you’re doing…
Continue ReadingBy Carma Hassan, Paula Newton and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — “Tobacco smoke harms children.” “Cigarettes cause leukemia.”…
Continue ReadingBy Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN Birth rates have declined in most states across the US in recent years, while women are having babies at an older age,…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — A part of the brain connected to memory shrank in people with severe sleep-disordered breathing — which can…
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Pfizer’s RSV vaccine for older adults, the second…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Having a heart attack may put you at risk of accelerated cognitive decline in later years, above and beyond what…
Continue ReadingBy Carma Hassan, Paula Newton and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — “Tobacco smoke harms children.” “Cigarettes cause leukemia.”…
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas, CNN (CNN) — For decades after returning home from World War II, my grandfather did not talk about his wartime experiences.…
Continue ReadingBy Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration issued a warning Tuesday about compounded versions of the drug…
Continue ReadingBy Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration issued a warning Tuesday about compounded versions of the drug…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration proposed Tuesday to add to what you get with your prescription drugs. The…
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Restaurant workers who handle food while they are ill are among the leading drivers of foodborne illness…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Having a heart attack may put you at risk of accelerated cognitive decline in later years, above and beyond what…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Millions of children and teens live with obesity in the United States, and weight-loss surgery is becoming a…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — I’ve been working steadily for hours but feel as if I haven’t even started. My attention is being pulled…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — If your diet is low in flavanols — antioxidant compounds found in foods such as green tea, apples, berries and…
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The past winter was a heavy one for respiratory viruses, dominated by surges of RSV, influenza and Covid-19. But…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive brain disorder that leads to loss of memory and other…
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The past winter was a heavy one for respiratory viruses, dominated by surges of RSV, influenza and Covid-19. But…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Growing evidence shows that building muscle strength can have benefits for your heart, even leading to better…
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Once a week, ADHD coach Robin Nordmeyer joins a Zoom meeting with other coaches while she writes blogs, does…
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — When it comes to talking about bodies, sometimes less is more. Lizzo, who is known for messages of self-love…
Continue ReadingBy Jessica DuLong, CNN (CNN) — Poet Maggie Smith was watching the clouds through an airplane window on a flight between book tour events when…
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, 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 Sandee LaMotte and Raenu Charles, CNN (CNN) — Complications from stiff person syndrome, a rare neurological condition that causes spasms and…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The US population has gotten older in the past two decades, with more aging adults and fewer children…
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — People with type 2 diabetes should exercise in the afternoon instead of the morning to manage their blood sugar, a…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard and Kyla Russell, CNN (CNN) — An unexplained rise in colorectal cancer rates among younger adults is leading more people…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The US Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade, created a fractured abortion landscape…
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Using artificial intelligence, researchers say, they’ve found a new type of antibiotic that works against a…
Continue ReadingBy Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — A second death in the US has been attributed to a suspected fungal meningitis outbreak among people who had…
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gumbrecht and Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — New research reveals how a medical device helped one man with paralysis walk naturally…
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Cohen and Amanda Sealy, CNN (CNN) — Depending on the outcome of a federal lawsuit, more women having early miscarriages could end…
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 Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday fully approved the antiviral medication Paxlovid to treat mild…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — People who develop prediabetes when they’re younger are likely to have a higher risk for dementia in later…
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