Health

By Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News It wasn’t the Thanksgiving holiday any of us had expected. Two weeks before, my 94-year-old father-in-law,…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Colon cancer has claimed another life. Emmy Award and Golden Globe winner Kirstie Alley, best known for her roles in the…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN More than 1,200 pregnant and postpartum women died of a drug overdose in the US in 2020, with overdoses involved in more…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Hearing aids might be an important tool in the effort to prevent cognitive decline and dementia, according to a new study.…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Pfizer and BioNTech have submitted an application to the US Food and Drug Administration for their updated Covid-19 vaccine…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Some people suffering pain from cancer and other chronic diseases turn to marijuana to ease their suffering, but much of that…

By Jen Christensen, CNN The brains of US teens have physically changed during the Covid-19 pandemic, aging faster than normal, a new study says. The…

By Raenu Charles, CNN Organ donations and transplantations increase during major US motorcycle rallies due to crashes, according to a new study,…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN A sniffle, a sneeze or a cough can set off alarm bells these days for families with young children. Mother of two Vickie…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The experimental drug lecanemab shows “potential” as an Alzheimer’s disease treatment, according to new…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Firearm deaths surged in the US during the Covid-19 pandemic, killing a record number of people in 2021. But as…

By Meera Senthilingam, CNN A woman in Minnesota lost part of her vision and inadvertently put her entire household at risk of mercury poisoning, most…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Americans gathered for Thanksgiving last week amid a flu season that’s worse than any has been in more than a decade,…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Eating more flavonols, antioxidants found in many vegetables, fruits, tea and wine, may slow your rate of memory loss, a new…

By Martha Shade, CNN Sebastian Junger is used to dodging bullets in war zones, so he didn’t expect to almost die in his own driveway. Junger…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN As the United States rolled back the clocks one hour this month to observe the end of Daylight Saving Time, many people got…

By Steve Almasy, CNN The Food and Drug Administration is advising people in 13 states not to eat certain raw oysters from South Korea after at least…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Hemgenix, a new drug to treat hemophilia. Manufacturer CSL Behring…

By Jen Christensen and Nadia Kounang, CNN In April 1992, Vanessa Williams’ “Save the Best for Last” topped the Billboard 100,…

By Susan Puckett, CNN For most Americans, planning the Thanksgiving menu is easy. It’s a given that turkey — whether purchased raw or fully…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN Over the past 50 years, human sperm counts appear to have fallen by more than 50% around the globe, according to an updated…

By Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN When people think about improving their physical fitness, they often overlook the issue of balance. That’s a…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Seasonal flu activity is “elevated across the country,” with “high” or “very high”…