CNN – Health

By 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…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Our children are struggling with their mental health. And as visits to physicians for anxiety and other issues go…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Like brushing your teeth or washing your face, putting deodorant on every day might seem like one of those…

By 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…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — It’s a misnomer that heavy drinkers can “hold their liquor,” a new study found. Instead, people with…

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Roughly 200 years ago, a Belgian mathematician and statistician named Adolphe Quetelet, seeking to characterize…

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…

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Fathers matter. A new study — a rare effort that focuses solely on the father’s involvement in an infant’s…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The proportion of US adults who have ever been diagnosed with depression ranges greatly depending on where…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — The bones of teens and young adults who lost significant weight after bariatric surgery were weaker than those…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 15% of children in the United States were recently treated for mental health disorders in 2021,…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Obesity may damage the brain’s ability to recognize the sensation of fullness and be satisfied after eating…

By Deidre McPhillips and Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Researchers say they may be able to explain how light drinking benefits the heart, and its…

By 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…

By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) — Advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration voted Thursday to endorse a monoclonal antibody designed to…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Among some of the nation’s largest cancer centers, more than 90% have reported being directly affected by…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — If you have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep, wake up too early most days or have other signs of…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — More kids, teens and young adults are experiencing anxiety — but fewer are getting the appropriate…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Like lava rising from a volcano, the heat streams across your body, reddening your face and quickening your…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — People who use estrogen-only pills during menopause were more likely to be diagnosed with high blood pressure…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The Covid-19 pandemic set US life expectancy back by years, but new research shows that the country has been…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Millions of adults in the United States are not taking their medications as prescribed because of costs,…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — A late-stage trial of women with cervical cancer at low risk of progression found that having a simple…

By 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…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Red light therapy has been found to be helpful for skin health, wound healing, hair growth among people with…

By Carma Hassan, Paula Newton and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — “Tobacco smoke harms children.” “Cigarettes cause leukemia.”…

By 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,…

By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Pfizer’s RSV vaccine for older adults, the second…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — If your diet is low in flavanols — antioxidant compounds found in foods such as green tea, apples, berries and…