Health

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Tired from a restless night spent awake? One of the most helpful things to do might be to get some exercise,…

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Medicare shelled out $5.7 billion on Ozempic and other similar diabetes drugs in 2022, up from $57 million in 2018,…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — When doctors told Katrina Barry that she had a rare and serious condition called pulmonary arterial hypertension…

By Meg Tirrell and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — In 1937, a drugmaker called S.E. Massengill Co. came up with what seemed like an improvement on…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Mifepristone can continue to be mailed to patients without an in-person visit with a doctor after the US…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Mifepristone, one of two drugs used for medication abortions, can continue to be mailed to patients without an…

By Mira Cheng, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration is again proposing a ban on electrical stimulation devices used to reduce or…

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — An undertaker turned academic, Alexandra Morton-Hayward became interested in brains — specifically how they…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Medication abortion has become increasingly common since it first became available in the United States two…

CNN, GETTY IMAGES By Madeline Holcombe and Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — In the time Catherine, Princess of Wales, spent away from the public…

By Mira Cheng, CNN (CNN) — There was a significant increase in fatal car crashes in the United States around the time of the 2017 total solar…

By Dana Santas, CNN (CNN) — Have your legs ever been so stiff and tired that simply bending down to tie your shoes felt like a Herculean task?…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Trying to imagine fat, fuzzy white lambs, jumping one by one over a fence, is a well-known remedy for…

By Madeline Holcombe and Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — In the time Catherine, Princess of Wales, spent away from the public before revealing her…

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Drugmaker Eli Lilly warned this week that two of its formulations of insulin would be temporarily out of stock…

By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — What happens when others assume people with Down Syndrome can’t hit hard, aim high or drink a darn margarita?…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — For 59-year-old Victor Sharrah, the terrifying symptoms began on a winter day in Nashville. “I just woke up…

By Andrea Kane, CNN Season 9 of the podcast Chasing Life With Dr. Sanjay Gupta explores the intersection between body weight and health. We delve…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Almost half of the tap water in the United States is contaminated with chemicals known as “forever…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — With the arrival of spring, the United States is easing out of respiratory virus season, a familiar pattern…

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Medicare could start covering Wegovy for certain senior citizens and other beneficiaries with a history of heart…

By Mira Cheng, CNN (CNN) — The US Federal Communications Commission has taken the first step toward adopting a rule that would require…

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…