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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Doing more aerobic exercise in middle age and old age may reduce the risk of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, a new study found. “Our study underscores the critical role of cardiovascular fitness in reducing dementia risk, even for those genetically predisposed to Alzheimer’s disease,” said Weili Xu, a professor

By Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — An inspection this year of a Tom’s of Maine’s facility in Sanford, Maine, turned up several violations, including bacteria in water used to make toothpaste, bacterial growth in another type of toothpaste and “a black mold-like substance” near manufacturing equipment, according to a warning letter from the US Food

By Sam Tupper, CNN (CNN) — Melinda Pratt’s Monday began like any other: waking up the kids, turning on the TV and making her morning coffee. “I had it on my news channel, and I heard the carrots thing, and I leaned to look at the TV, and the Bunny-Luv carrots were on the screen,”

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Derek Pfaff remembers being under a lot of stress throughout college. He remembers coming home from school during spring break in March 2014. But he does not remember the night that forever changed his life. “I don’t remember anything,” said Pfaff, from Harbor Beach, Michigan. “I don’t remember getting

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Sitting at your desk all day may put you at greater risk for heart disease –– even if you work out in your spare time, according to new research. “Our findings really emphasize the importance of avoiding excess sitting… whether or not you’re physically active,” said first study author

By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — An E. coli outbreak linked to recalled carrots has led to dozens of illnesses in 18 states and one death, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. At least 39 cases of E. coli have been linked to the carrots since early September, including 15 hospitalizations, according

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s note: Watch “Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports: Is Ozempic Right For You?” at 8 p.m. Sunday, November 17, on CNN. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pledged to tackle high rates of chronic diseases such as diabetes and obesity as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the US Department of

By Karla Walsh, CNN (CNN) — Julia Turshen wants you to break the rules. Once she was ruled by weighing or measuring everything to the gram or teaspoon — due to her own self-described challenges with disordered eating and the requirement to be precise in the recipes she has developed for the cookbooks she’s penned

By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) — The United States’ first known case of a more severe strain of mpox was confirmed in California, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Saturday. The risk of clade I mpox to the public remains low, the agency said. The person diagnosed with clade I mpox had

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — In a busy world, the task of getting more movement into your daily life can often get put on the back burner. But there’s a reason to rethink your priorities — getting as active as the top 25% of the US population could extend your life by at least

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Picture this — thousands of screenshots, unopened texts and emails, and a looming notification that your phone’s storage is almost full. For many, such is the new reality in the digital age. But if your device is filled with too much digital clutter, it could be affecting your mental

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Despite decades of calls for more attention to patient safety in hospitals, people undergoing surgery still have high rates of complications and medical errors, a new study finds. More than a third of patients admitted to the hospital for surgery have adverse events related to their care, and at

By Meg Tirrell and Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s pick of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services “is an extraordinarily bad choice for the health of the American people,” Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, warned Thursday.

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Global measles cases surged by more than 20% to an estimated 10.3 million last year, the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. About 107,500 people, mostly young children, died — an “unacceptable” death toll from a disease that’s preventable through vaccination,

Text by Casey Barber and illustrations by Alberto Mier, CNN (CNN) — I always think of Thanksgiving as the Super Bowl of food holidays. No offense to the wings, dips and hoagies that are consumed while watching the football Super Bowl, but when it comes to an all-eyes-on-the-cook food moment, nothing beats Thanksgiving. And as

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Being rushed to a hospital nearly two hours away, in the middle of a dangerous spring storm – with fear in her heart and amniotic fluid leaking down her leg – was not how Ashley O’Neil expected her first pregnancy to go. At 21 weeks pregnant, O’Neil was having

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — More than 800 million adults worldwide are living with diabetes, according to a new study in the journal The Lancet. The global rate of diabetes was about 14% in 2022, the study found. Nearly 60% of adults age 30 or older who had diabetes did not receive treatment in

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Major retailers are failing to protect consumers from hazardous chemicals and plastics in the products they sell, according to the 2024 Retailer Report Card released Thursday by Toxic Free Future, a nonprofit consumer product safety organization. On average, the 50 largest retailers in the United States and Canada —

CNN By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Ash Perez recently tried some new things. He got a haircut at a barbershop, bought his first suit, learned to grill and asked his close friends what it means to be a man ­­–– all at the age of 35. Perez is a member of online content creators

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Ash Perez recently tried some new things. He got a haircut at a barbershop, bought his first suit, learned to grill and asked his close friends what it means to be a man ­­–– all at the age of 35. Perez is a member of online content creators called

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — A Canadian teenager is hospitalized in critical condition with bird flu, health officials reported Tuesday. The teen has been receiving care at BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver since Friday, the same day an initial test came back positive for H5 influenza. Government testing confirmed that the strain is H5N1,

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Although sexually transmitted infections are still at an epidemic level in the US, scientists at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are expressing cautious optimism about some decreases emerging in the newest data. Overall, CDC scientists say, there’s evidence that the nation’s STI epidemic may be slowing

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, CNN (CNN) — Let’s be honest — people have a habit of bringing their phones to the bathroom. I’ve been guilty of it myself, and chances are that someone is on the toilet reading this article right now. A three-minute trip to the loo can easily turn into 15 minutes of reading,

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Online sales of emergency contraceptives, like the morning-after pill Plan B, have skyrocketed in the United States in the past week – days after Donald Trump won the US presidential election, according to retailers. The surge in sales suggests that women are concerned about how a forthcoming Trump administration