Child growth and development hampered by PFAS in blood, study says
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Potentially toxic chemicals found in everyday products, including fast-food wrappers, makeup and carpeting, are altering…
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Tips for surviving the Daylight Saving Time change
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Are you ready to move your clocks forward by an hour? That’s right — for most people in the…
Continue Reading YouTube star Hank Green’s predictions about the future of the internet
By Andrea Kane, CNN Is the internet — and all that goes along with it: the screens, the technology, the apps — good or bad? That’s been the…
Continue Reading FDA to require mammogram reports include breast density information
By Janelle Chavez, CNN Newly updated US Food and Drug Administration regulations will require mammography facilities to notify patients about the…
Continue Reading Mediterranean diet may lower heart disease risk in women by nearly 25%, study finds
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Closely following a Mediterranean diet may cut a woman’s risk of heart disease and death by nearly 25%, according to a…
Continue Reading Your pollen allergies are overwhelming? This might be why
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Pollen has exploded to eye-watering levels this spring in some parts of the country after warm weather pushed plants out of…
Continue Reading Biden administration declares fentanyl laced with xylazine ‘an emerging threat’ in the US
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The White House has declared that the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl combined with xylazine — an animal…
Continue Reading Medical tourism to Mexico is on the rise, but it can come with risks
By Jacqueline Howard and Janelle Chavez, CNN One of the four Americans who were kidnapped in Mexico last week was traveling for medical tourism, a…
Continue Reading Medical tourism to Mexico is on the rise, but it can come with risks
By Jacqueline Howard and Janelle Chavez, CNN One of the four Americans who were kidnapped in Mexico last week was traveling for medical tourism, a…
Continue Reading Medical tourism to Mexico is on the rise, but it can come with risks
By Jacqueline Howard and Janelle Chavez, CNN One of the four Americans who were kidnapped in Mexico last week was traveling for medical tourism, a…
Continue Reading She flatlined three times, lost both legs and had a failing heart. Yet she told doctors she’s ‘the luckiest person on this planet’
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Her smile is bright, cheery, sometimes goofy and always contagious. But pictures can’t completely capture her upbeat,…
Continue Reading Bempedoic acid improved heart health in patients who can’t tolerate statins, study finds
By Jen Christensen, CNN Bempedoic acid may be an alternative for people who need to lower their cholesterol but can’t or won’t take…
Continue Reading A hunger crisis sparked by Covid rages on three years into the pandemic. Here’s how you can give or get help
By Lauren Lee, CNN With the third anniversary of the Covid-19 outbreak, the secondary pandemic of hunger still looms for many Americans. According to…
Continue Reading One month later, people living near a toxic train derailment wonder if their lives will ever be back on track
By Brenda Goodman, CNN This had been a quiet little town of about 4,700 people nestled in the rolling hills of Northeast Ohio. A sign posted on State…
Continue Reading Treat your phone like a bad relationship. Break up
By Andrea Kane, CNN It happens in our most intense relationships — the need to take a step back and whisper the words, “I need more…
Continue Reading Rates of congenital syphilis are skyrocketing in the US. Here’s why
By Brenda Goodman and Deidre McPhillips, CNN Venus Johnson entered the world clinging to life. She stopped breathing shortly after delivery, and…
Continue Reading Sanofi becomes latest drugmaker to announce insulin price cuts, capping cost at $35 for the privately insured
By Tami Luhby, CNN Sanofi is cutting the list price of Lantus, its most widely prescribed insulin in the US, by 78% and establishing a $35 monthly…
Continue Reading High levels of chemicals could pose long-term risks at Ohio train derailment site, researchers say
By Jen Christensen, CNN An analysis of data from the US Environmental Protection Agency’s measurements of pollutants released from the Norfolk…
Continue Reading ‘Keto-like’ diet may be associated with a higher risk of heart disease, according to new research
By Carma Hassan and Sandee LaMotte, CNN A low-carb, high-fat “keto-like” diet may be linked to higher levels of “bad”…
Continue Reading Strengthen your core with exercises you can do at home using only a paper plate
By Dana Santas, CNN With spring still nearly a month away, the continued wintry weather and shorter days with less sunlight could be taking a toll on…
Continue Reading Rare neurological condition is ‘important potential risk’ of Pfizer’s RSV vaccine, FDA says
By Janelle Chavez, CNN Two people who received Pfizer’s respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine during a clinical trial were later diagnosed…
Continue Reading Adderall users struggle with ongoing shortage while reason — and resolution — remain uncertain
By Amanda Musa, John Bonifield and Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Clara Pitts has always strived for perfection. The 17-year-old Utah native has been named a…
Continue Reading Near-eradication of a debilitating parasitic disease is a pillar of Carter’s legacy
By Jen Christensen, CNN In 2015, millions of people around the world tuned in to hear President Jimmy Carter announce that his cancer —…
Continue Reading Only 5.7% of US doctors are Black, and experts warn the shortage harms public health
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN When being truly honest with herself, Seun Adebagbo says, she can describe what drove her to go to medical school in a…
Continue Reading President Carter is on hospice care, but what is it? Our medical analyst explains
By Katia Hetter, CNN On Saturday, the Carter Center announced that former US President Jimmy Carter will be receiving hospice care at his home in…
Continue Reading Sen. John Fetterman’s hospitalization for depression after his stroke raises questions about the connection. Here’s what we know
By John Bonifield, CNN Democratic Sen. John Fetterman’s hospitalization for the treatment of clinical depression has raised questions about the…
Continue Reading ‘He came here to be safe, but it turns out it wasn’t’: Mourners remember Syrian doctor killed in earthquake in Turkey
By Will Wintercross, Global Health Reporting Center A doctor who colleagues say cared for thousands of Syrians over his career was among more than…
Continue Reading East Palestine residents worry rashes, headaches and other symptoms may be tied to chemicals from train crash
By Brenda Goodman and Caroll Alvarado, CNN Some residents of East Palestine, Ohio, say they have developed rashes, sore throats, nausea and headaches…
Continue Reading Fetterman’s hospitalization: What is clinical depression?
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania voluntarily checked himself into a hospital on Thursday “to receive…
Continue Reading Thousands of people can’t get full treatments of a lifesaving cancer drug
By Elizabeth Cohen and Amanda Musa, CNN Dino Carlone was frightened when he was diagnosed with bladder cancer three years ago, but his spirits were…
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