Health

Catherine Lane/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Americans are set to change their clocks back to standard time overnight on Sunday, which some doctors say should be permanent. “Fixed national time is the best option as it most closely matches the human sleep-wake cycle,” said New York-based clinical psychiatrist Yalda Safai in an email to ABC […]

GIPhotoStock/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 40% of adults in the United States are unaware they have — and therefore are not being treated for — high cholesterol, according to a new study. For the study, published in JAMA Cardiology, researchers from institutions in New York, Texas, Louisiana, Pakistan and Egypt looked at data […]

Christopher Polk/CBS via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Matthew Perry Foundation has been announced and is founded in the “realization of Matthew’s enduring commitment to helping others struggling with the disease of addiction.” “In the spirit of Matthew Perry’s enduring commitment to helping others struggling with the disease of addiction, we embark on a […]

SimpleImages/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Tobacco use has decreased among U.S. high school students, primarily with a drop in the use of e-cigarettes, but is on the rise among middle schoolers, according to a new federal report. The study, published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, […]

Diego Cervo / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Tobacco use has decreased among U.S. high school students, primarily with a drop in the use of e-cigarettes, but is on the rise among middle schoolers, according to a new federal report. The study, published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. […]

Taylor Hill/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Brooke Shields has revealed she recently experienced a seizure, a medical event that sent her to the hospital, which she hadn’t previously spoken about publicly until now. The actor, supermodel and author said in a Glamour interview published Wednesday that she had a seizure one evening before her solo […]

Peter Dazeley/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the United States heads into the cold-weather months, respiratory virus season has also arrived, with cases of influenza and COVID-19 likely to increase. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) currently recommends that everyone 6 months and older stay up-to-date and get a flu vaccine and a […]

Fairfax County Public Schools (NEW YORK) — A 14-year-old student has created a new kind of soap that he hopes could potentially be used to treat skin cancer someday. Heman Bekele, a high school student in Fairfax, Virginia, says it costs only $8.50 to create a batch of 20 bars of the soap, which he […]

Hill Street Studios/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, supporters of abortion rights came out on top in every statewide ballot measure on abortion. And even in races where abortion was only implicitly on the ballot, abortion rights generally won out. This year, abortion is literally on […]

Crystal Sing / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Halloween can come with a lot of fun, but also lots of concern for parents worried their kids are eating too much candy. While some parents may respond to that stress by quickly getting all the candy out of their house or hiding it from their kids, […]