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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Ever fill your dog’s dish, look down at the kibble, and feel a little envious?No? Well, for some people the idea of one bowl full of all your nutrients that takes very little thought and effort is an appealing idea — and they are already eating it for many of their

By Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN (CNN) — There are two times I see men get hyperfocused on their health: when they’re having issues with erections and when they’re having issues making babies.Those with fertility concerns tend to be younger and arrive with their partners. The concerns are different, but both can open the door to

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — GLP-1 medications for weight loss and diabetes appear to slow the body’s aging processes, a sign that the blockbuster drugs could ultimately help people live longer.The idea that these medications may extend lifespan isn’t exactly far-fetched; it’s more of an extension of what they’ve already been shown to do.

By Associated Press Vatican City (AP) — Pope Leo XIV is scheduled to have an operation this week to remove “a localized nodule” in his lung that was “detected at a very early stage.” It is the first medical event of his 17-month papacy.Here is what is known:A nodule can be benign or malignantA lung

By Amanda Schupak, CNN Parenting requires a lot of learning on the job. Raising a 7-year-old, I’ve benefited enormously from the wisdom of teachers, psychologists and other caregivers who have taught me ways to navigate a minefield of tantrums and meltdowns.The more I learn about how to help a little kid through big feelings, the

By Kara Alaimo, CNN (CNN) — A lot of us dream of not being tethered to our phones all day, interrupted with an endless stream of pings telling us we have more messages and other notifications to deal with.But you probably think you can’t live without a smartphone. How would you get driving directions, pull

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — More than a dozen “interconnected catastrophic threats” pose significant risk to global health and wellbeing through the remainder of the 21st century, researchers say – including the potential for extinction. But targeted action from world leaders can help avoid worst-case scenarios.Using data from the Institute for Health Metrics and

By Katie Hurley, CNN (CNN) — As a therapist who works with teens and young adults, I’ve spent countless hours talking about safety in dating relationships. As a mom of two young adults, I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve started conversations about consent, boundaries and mutual respect. But as details of the Cornell

By Sarah Owermohle, Meg Tirrell, Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services launched a program this week to study and capture the breadth of vaccine injuries, reviving a longtime priority for HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and stoking concerns from some public health advocates.The health secretary unveiled a

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN Greta Costioli was once known as the “glass skin girl” on TikTok. Following the Korean beauty trend, Costioli would layer on product after product — toners, serums, essences and moisturizers — in pursuit of an ultra-dewy complexion.Costioli, age 29, said that ever since she was a teenager she would apply extra

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The World Health Organization said Wednesday that it had few clear answers about the recent death of a worker at a Russian institute that researched plague. The death, the subsequent isolation of hundreds of co-workers and close contacts, and reports that another worker may have pneumonia have fueled global

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Several days after Nicole Brown Simpson was murdered, her older sister, Denise Brown, defiantly said on national television, “My sister was not a battered woman.”Brown had been aware of, and once even present for, two times when O.J. Simpson, her sister’s ex-husband, had physically hurt Nicole, she said. In

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — A 28-year-old lab researcher at a Russian institute dedicated to studying plague and dangerous pathogens died of pneumonia of an “unknown” origin.The Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute operates in Siberia, where several other people are quarantined. Rospotrebnadzor, the Russian agency that oversees infectious disease, has downplayed the link between the

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Millions of new cancer cases around the world may be caused by infections that are either treatable or preventable, suggesting that the cancer could have been avoided altogether.That’s according to new research published in the journal The Lancet Oncology, which found that roughly 1 in 8 cancer cases around

By Kara Alaimo, CNN (CNN) — In case you hadn’t heard from everyone that digital media can be bad for kids, new research warns just how harmful it can be to their health.About 20% of instances of depression and 15% of obesity cases in young people are associated with excessive screen time, according to a

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — The drug products found near two University of Mississippi students who died on September 21 contained three kratom-related compounds, according to court documents reviewed by CNN and law enforcement.The substances aren’t natural kratom — as was suspected due to earlier law enforcement reports — which is an herb from

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The failed execution of Christa Pike Wednesday night in Tennessee wasn’t the first time a lethal injection didn’t go as planned.It wasn’t even the first time this year in the state of Tennessee.“The incidence of people surviving executions has certainly increased as states have encountered more difficulties with lethal

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Nearly all tested cat foods contain toxic plastic contaminants, the herbicide glyphosate and heavy metals such as lead, mercury and arsenic, according to a new investigation provided exclusively to CNN.“Most cats eat the same foods nearly every day, with little variation,” said report author Molly Hamilton, executive director of

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Sugary foods combined with antibiotic treatment can damage the gut microbiome in ways that could leave people vulnerable to dangerous infections, a new study shows.The new research, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, took advantage of a natural experiment: It looked at what happened to gut bacteria in cancer

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Sudden unexpected infant death claimed the lives of about 3,400 babies in the United States in 2024. Despite decades of public health efforts to promote safer sleep, these deaths remain a major cause of mortality during infancy.A new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found

By Deidre McPhillips, Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported a fifth measles-associated death on Wednesday amid an ongoing outbreak that is on track to become the largest the US has seen in decades and has sparked political clashes.The state health department said the person who died was unvaccinated and a

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — There is a link between the amount of time children spend on screens and their development, a new study shows, with poorer outcomes seen in learning, speech and emotional regulation among those who spend longer on them.Researchers reviewed decades of research on the impact of screen time on child

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 93% of known plastic chemicals used to wrap food and make clothes, toys, and other common household and personal care products pose a high risk to human health, according to a new investigation provided exclusively to CNN.Potential health harms include cancer, genetic changes, and endocrine, reproductive and organ

Text by Madeline Holcombe, and video by Bryce Urbany, CNN (CNN) — One thing that seems to unite people is how isolated they feel.As many as 1 in 5 adults in the United States reported feeling loneliness “a lot of the day” in 2024, and the country continues to experience what experts have called “a

CNN Text by Madeline Holcombe, and video by Bryce Urbany, CNN (CNN) — One thing that seems to unite people is how isolated they feel. As many as 1 in 5 adults in the United States reported feeling loneliness “a lot of the day” in 2024, and the country continues to experience what experts have

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Despite increasing awareness about mental health, suicide is often still heavily stigmatized and therefore concealed in various ways. Many people keep their suicidal thoughts to themselves, and families writing obituaries often obscure the cause of death when it’s suicide. Even friends and family who want to help may not

By Dr. Jill Grimes, CNN (CNN) — After years of caring for college students as a physician, plus raising two of my own, I have learned that many things that derail the college experience are surprisingly predictable. Most are preventable — or at least fixable — if students know what to expect.While these are five

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — One day in 2008, when she was in her early 20s, Jaimie Krems stumbled across Gchat messages between one of her closest friends and her housemate. They’d been written on her own computer, which her housemate had borrowed, and it turned out the two had been talking all about

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Going without sleep makes it harder to concentrate and learn new information. And for people who work overnight or face an occasional period of severe sleep loss, getting enough rest may not always be possible in the moment.Can anything help us focus besides sleep? A recent study published in

By Amanda Schupak, CNN Kids who have their own smartphones at age 12 are more likely to develop eating disorder symptoms than their peers without the devices, according to a new study.The research, published Friday in the medical journal JAMA Network Open, comes from a wide-ranging survey of nearly 9,000 adolescents across the United States.“A