By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Sober October, Dry January and Dry July: For one quarter of a year, these campaigns provide a motivation for people to come together and challenge themselves to go without alcohol. It isn’t a surprise to Annie Grace that these periods to reduce alcohol consumption are becoming more popular. The author of
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Imagine waking up one morning after recovering from Covid-19 to find that your coffee smells like unwashed socks, your eggs reek of feces and your orange juice tastes metallic. Oddly, that’s a good thing: It’s a sign you still have a working sense of smell — even if it’s miswired in
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By Nadia Kounang, CNN The NFL has been thrust back into the concussion debate after Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa took two big hits just four days apart. This time, the debate involves whether Tagovailoa was appropriately cleared to play, with some fans concerned he was at risk of a condition called second impact syndrome.
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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN A new treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. The FDA announced approval of Relyvrio, developed by Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, on Thursday. The oral medication can be taken as a standalone therapy or with other treatments, according to the company, and it
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By Katherine Dillinger, CNN The US government is awarding more than $266 million from the American Rescue Plan to expand the nation’s community and public health work force, officials will announce Friday. The plan’s overall investment in community health, outreach and health education workers — totaling more than $1.1 billion — is one of its
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Last year, a landlord stopped by Patrick John’s home in the Salt Lake City area to replace a broken dishwasher. John was always a little shy with people he didn’t know well, but he welcomed his guest with the warmth that he was known and loved for. In the process of
Continue Reading By Jacqueline Howard, CNN A new treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. The FDA announced approval of Relyvrio, developed by Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, on Thursday. The oral medication can be taken as a standalone therapy or with other treatments, according to the company, and it
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By Nadia Kounang and Katherine Dillinger, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new warning to health care providers Thursday about severe illnesses in people with monkeypox. The alert comes as Ohio reported that an individual with monkeypox has died — the third known death of a patient with monkeypox in
Continue Reading By Nadia Kounang and Katherine Dillinger, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new warning to health care providers Thursday about severe illnesses in people with monkeypox. The alert comes as Ohio reported that an individual with monkeypox has died — the third known death of a patient with monkeypox in
Continue Reading By Jacqueline Howard, CNN A new treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. The FDA announced approval of Relyvrio, developed by Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, on Thursday. The oral medication can be taken as a standalone therapy or with other treatments, according to the company, and it
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Drinking two to three cups a day of most types of coffee may protect you from cardiovascular disease and an early death, a new study found. “The results suggest that mild to moderate intake of ground, instant and decaffeinated coffee should be considered part of a healthy lifestyle,” said study author
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration is proposing changes to the nutrition standards that foods must meet before they can carry the “healthy” label on their packages. The proposal comes as the White House held its Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health and released a new national strategy to end hunger,
Continue Reading By Brenda Goodman, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration is proposing changes to the nutrition standards that foods must meet before they can carry the “healthy” label on their packages. The proposal comes as the White House held its Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health and released a new national strategy to end hunger,
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Covid-19 changed a lot — how we socialized, where we went, and even what work looked like. A new study shows the pandemic may have changed our personalities as well. Psychologists have long believed that a person’s traits stayed pretty much the same, even in the wake of stressful events. But
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By Katia Hetter, CNN Many people postponed routine medical care because of disruptions related to the Covid-19 pandemic. That includes a decline in cancer screenings, such as mammograms and colonoscopies. In the meantime, cancer remains one of the major causes of death in the United States, second only to heart disease. Why is cancer screening
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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN US Food and Drug Administration authorization for updated Covid-19 boosters could be expanded to younger age groups as soon as early October, a source close to planning discussions tells CNN. Moderna and Pfizer both sought FDA emergency use authorization for their updated Covid-19 boosters for younger people in recent days. Moderna
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By Amanda Sealy, CNN A monoclonal antibody treatment for Alzheimer’s disease called lecanemab slows the progression of cognitive decline by 27% compared with a placebo, drugmakers Biogen and Eisai said Tuesday. The drug, tested in a Phase 3 global clinical trial, also met all secondary endpoints, showing “target engagement” with reduced amyloid levels — a
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By Kristen Rogers, CNN Aerobic activities and weight training have health benefits on their own, but combining them could have even greater effect when it comes to disease prevention and early death risk. People who lifted weights once or twice per week, as well as the recommended amount of aerobic activities, had a 41% lower
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By Naomi Thomas, CNN People who got the Covid-19 vaccine reported slightly longer menstrual cycles, but the change was temporary, according to a new study published Tuesday in the journal BMJ Medicine. “Compared with the unvaccinated group, vaccinated individuals had an adjusted increase in menstrual cycle length of less than one day with both first
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By Carma Hassan, CNN Doctors should prepare for a possible increase in young patients with enterovirus D68, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday, and that may be linked to more cases of the rare, paralyzing condition acute flaccid myelitis. There was an increase in acute respiratory illnesses and emergency department visits
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