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08 Nov
The latest CDC data shows anxiety and depression hitting U.S. adults harder, especially those 18-29 years old.
07 Nov
A new report from the CDC finds 15.8% of adults in the U.S. has Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes – and rates in men are higher than in women.
06 Nov
Having high levels of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids was linked to a lower risk of more than a dozen types of cancer in new research.
It may seem counter-intuitive, but losing weight without even trying may not be a good thing.
"It's not typical to have a noticeable drop in weight without changing how much you're eating, being more physically active or trying to lose weight," said dietitian Christine Goukasian.
"Unexplained weight loss is a red flag," she added in ...
One piece left out of the abortion debate is the high transportation and medical bills facing women forced to leave their state to obtain the procedure.
A new study is the first to give hard numbers on those concerns.
It finds that, even before the fall of Roe v. Wade, 65% of women who traveled to another state to undergo a...
More than 1 in 5 Americans likely suffer from long COVID, a new AI-assisted review has found.
The analysis suggests that nearly 23% of U.S. adults experience the symptoms of long COVID, according to results published Nov. 8 in the journal Med.
That’s much higher than the 7% prevalence of long COVID that’s been su...
Men who undergo prostate cancer treatment face a greatly increased risk of life-altering, long-term complications, a new study finds.
Surgery for prostate cancers increases a man’s risk of urinary or sexual complications more than sevenfold, researchers reported Nov. 7 in the journal JAMA Oncology.
Meanwhile, radiation...
Having a child can cause significant and ongoing financial hardship for new parents, even if they are covered by health insurance, a new study shows.
More than half of people with private insurance spent more than $1,000 out of pocket on childbirth, and nearly 40% reported being somewhat or very worried about paying their health care bills...
A new study finds that a quarter of (no doubt exhausted) breastfeeding moms admit to falling asleep while their baby was feeding, a moment that can raise risks for infant suffocation.
That's because whenever a baby falls asleep in an area that's got soft cushions and cramped surroundings -- as can happen in sofas, easy chairs and beds -- t...