Health

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — About 1 in every 10 people in the US who uses Adderall or similar combination drugs to…

By Saira Mueller, CNN (CNN) — Are you forcing yourself to continue learning a language? What about holding out for closure in a relationship…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — There are plenty of reasons why many health professionals don’t want you on a restrictive diet. Restrictive…

CNN By Dana Santas, CNN (CNN) — When it comes to cardiovascular fitness, you may tend to focus on activities that move you forward, such as…

By Carma Hassan and Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — A person who worked on a dairy farm and had “direct contact with dairy cattle” tested…

By Dana Santas, CNN (CNN) — A strong handshake generally makes a good first impression, but there is more to your grip than conveying…

By Mira Cheng, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services issued new guidance on Monday clarifying that hospitals must obtain…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Flame retardants added for decades to thousands of consumer products in the United States may raise the risk of…

By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — On its surface, The Zero Co looks like any other bottle shop. It’s a small space, just 600 square feet, with…

By Andrea Kane, CNN (CNN) — The internet and social media are rife with marketing ploys: It’s hard to surf the Web or scroll through platforms…

By Alex Leeds Matthews, Matt Stiles, Deidre McPhillips and Annette Choi, CNN (CNN) — Recent outbreaks of measles in the United States are…

By Mira Cheng, CNN (CNN) — There are new and revised warnings about the instructions for use of a certain type of heart pump that could lead to…

By Ian Kerner, CNN (CNN) — Sex equals intercourse. If you’re not having sex like porn stars, you’re not having good sex. Scheduled sex is…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Health officials are alerting doctors to be on the lookout for certain types of rare, serious meningococcal…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — For the first time, women in the US can walk into a store and buy a supply of birth control pills right off…

By Rafy Rivera and Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Puerto Rico has declared a public health emergency due to a surging number of dengue cases. Puerto…

By Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN (CNN) — Planks are one of the most effective exercises for strengthening your midsection, as they target all…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Mpox cases in the United States are twice as high as they were at this time last year, and experts are…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration has settled a lawsuit over some of its posts about ivermectin, including…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Visualizing a memory is a common occurrence for many people. A whiff of cinnamon and ginger may whisk you back…

CNN 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…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Sniffling a bit more than usual? Welcome to spring allergy season in the Northern Hemisphere. Even if you don’t…

By Mira Cheng, CNN (CNN) — American gamer and Twitch superstar Tyler “Ninja” Blevins revealed he was diagnosed with melanoma, a form of…

By Lauren Peace, Tampa Bay Times and KFF Health News Ocala, Florida (Tampa Bay Times/KFF Health News) — Fire Capt. Jesse Blaire steered his SUV…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Not getting enough sleep may cause you to feel five to 10 years older than you really are, according to two new…

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,…