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By Dana Santas, CNN Too often, after fruitless searches for a single magic bullet to eradicate chronic back pain, people decide that living with discomfort is a normal fact of life. But living with back pain is not normal, nor is it necessary. This last installment in our back pain series will empower you to

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN New monkeypox cases in the United States have been steadily dropping in recent weeks, with cases reported in the first week of September cut to about half of what they were at their peak a month ago. But the recent death of a Los Angeles County resident — the first attributed

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN It’s every parent’s nightmare — an exhausted baby who just won’t stop crying when it’s time go to sleep. Even worse? The baby finally falls asleep in your arms but wakes again and starts sobbing when laid in the crib. The solution is a magic pair of numbers — five and

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Fall and winter are around the corner, which means not only is it time to get your flu shot, but US health officials are urging everyone who is eligible to get their updated Covid-19 booster, too. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the updated Covid-19 vaccine boosters this

By Casey Barber, CNN Mushrooms are having a moment, whether it’s the recent documentary “Fantastic Fungi” or their newfound trendiness as a vegan leather. September is National Mushroom Month, but because of mushrooms’ fertile growing capabilities and versatility in many dishes, any month is a great one to be celebrating fungi. “Mushrooms are recyclers,” said

By Kristen Rogers, CNN Sometimes people who die by suicide get branded as selfish, depressed or attention-seeking. Such myths contribute to the stigma that can prevent those who are suicidal from seeking the help they need and falsify understanding of the motivations behind suicide, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, or NAMI. Suicide

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration is alerting the public about certain cancers — including squamous cell carcinoma and various lymphomas — that have been reported in the scar tissue that forms around breast implants. The FDA announced Thursday that although it believes that occurrences of squamous cell carcinoma and various

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Covid-19 cases are on the rise among kids in the United States as another school year gets underway. New cases reported among children in the last week of August were 14% higher than they were two weeks earlier, according to data tracked by the American Academy of Pediatrics. They jumped even

By Katia Hetter, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has this month greenlit the rollout of updated Covid-19 vaccine boosters, following the US Food and Drug Administration’s authorization. These shots will replace the boosters previously offered in the US such that, for people 12 and older, being “up-to-date” with vaccines means having

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Are you waking up in a puddle of sweat — if you can sleep at all? That’s the grim reality for millions around the globe suffering through severe, unbearable heat waves. In California, temperatures in the 110’s (Fahrenheit) are setting records and pushing the state’s electrical power grid to a breaking