CNN – Health

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Mark another point against smoking: It may cause an increase in a type of body fat linked to serious disease,…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Doctors have performed the first transplant of a genetically modified kidney from a pig into a living human,…

By Casey Barber, CNN (CNN) — My love affair with small appliances started at an early age. The Easy-Bake Oven was my first glimpse of what…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — You’ve started taking an antidepressant, and it’s helping you to finally feel like life is worth living or…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Life expectancy in the United States started to rebound in 2022 as death rates from Covid-19 and other…

By Mira Cheng, CNN (CNN) — A new study projects that global fertility rates, which have been declining in all countries since 1950, will…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have long known that pulse oximeters are less accurate when used for people with dark skin tones…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Nearly half of American adults have high blood pressure, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Approximately 95% of nonorganic strawberries, leafy greens such as spinach and kale, collard and mustard greens,…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Intermittent fasting is one of the many trendy ways people try to lose or maintain their weight. Also known as…

By Megan Marples, CNN (CNN) — Just as spring is a time for rebirth, the Persian New Year is a time to celebrate new life. Nowruz is celebrated…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — A new gene therapy for the fatal genetic disorder metachromatic leukodystrophy, or MLD, will carry a wholesale…

By Mira Cheng, CNN (CNN) — More than two-thirds of children under the age of 6 in Chicago may be exposed to lead-contaminated water, a new…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Amy Mazur spends holidays and vacations with her kids and their father, even after a divorce. “It is so…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Abortions are on the rise in the United States, despite bans that have taken effect in more than a dozen…

CNN, POOL, GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE, DANCO LABS By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Abortions are on the rise in the United States, despite bans that…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — US health officials are warning doctors about the dramatic rise in measles cases around the world, and advising…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The US Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that it is taking a “historic” step by banning ongoing…

By Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s note: Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt is a urologist and robotic surgeon with Orlando Health and past…

By Katie Bo Lillis and Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Researchers with the National Institutes of Health published a pair of studies on Monday…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The rollout is underway for Opill, the first over-the-counter birth control pill approved in the United…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Need a good cry? Time to chop an onion. Onions are flavorful and an essential part of so many dishes, but…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — After Covid-19 lockdowns, 2022 was a year of marriages, according to new data. The number of marriages took a…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Over the last few years, couples going through a “sleep divorce” has been all the rage — or just the…

Photos and text essay by Kate T. Parker, CNN (CNN) — For the last decade in my job as a photographer, I have traveled the country to take…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — As England’s National Health Service has decided to stop prescribing puberty blockers to minors with gender…

By Andrea Kane, CNN Editor’s note: Season 9 of the podcast Chasing Life With Dr. Sanjay Gupta explores the intersection between body weight and…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Five years ago, in a wheelchair, Julia Hum was admitted to a state mental hospital in Massachusetts. After…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Although morels are generally considered safe, the mushrooms were at the heart of a deadly illness outbreak in…

By Katherine Dillinger and Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first medication for a common…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — “Life in plastic; it’s fantastic,” so the song goes, but in reality, plastics and the chemicals used to…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple. Sign up for CNN’s Life, But Better newsletter for…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — When it comes to lowering blood pressure, studies have typically shown that aerobic or cardio exercises are…

By April Dembosky, KQED and KFF Health News (KQED/KFF Health News) — A much-awaited treatment for postpartum depression, zuranolone, hit the…

WFAA, CNN By Mira Cheng, CNN (CNN) — Paul Alexander, who spent the vast majority of the past 70 years in an iron lung and defied expectations…

By Jen Christensen and Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — The Chicago Department of Public Health said Wednesday that everyone who is eligible for…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — A tool that’s available as an online calculator played a key role in actress Olivia Munn’s discovery that…

By Mira Cheng, CNN (CNN) — Paul Alexander, who spent the vast majority of the past 70 years in an iron lung and defied expectations by becoming…

By Mira Cheng, CNN (CNN) — A Florida man with worsening migraines was found to have parasitic tapeworm larvae in his brain, according to a…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — For decades, a diagnosis of glioblastoma – an aggressive, hard-to-treat cancer in the brain – has been a…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — A systematic review of scientific studies on the Wim Hof method of cold water therapy found the quality of the…

CNN By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — If you decompress by playing with dogs or checking their adorable videos on social media, you might be onto…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — If you decompress by playing with dogs or checking their adorable videos on social media, you might be onto…

By Karla Walsh, CNN (CNN) — Six veggies, five fruits, four proteins, three starches, two sauces and one fun thing — if that’s your grocery…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration launched an initiative Wednesday that it describes as a nationwide call to increase…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — High school seniors’ use of delta-8, a cannabis compound that’s sometimes marketed as “light THC” or a…

By Deidre McPhillips and Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of women in the United States die from complications related to pregnancy,…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — A team of experts from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention arrived in Chicago on Tuesday to help…

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Now wide awake from a once peaceful slumber, you roll over to check the clock and find it’s 3 a.m. That’s…

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, CNN (CNN) — For many Americans, a morning routine is not complete without a cup of joe. The National Coffee…