By Sandee LaMotte, CNN This year’s Random Acts of Kindness Day falls on Friday, but you may want to consider being kind every day. The foundation behind the day wants you to be a “RAKtivist,” or a “Random Acts of Kindness activist.” Here’s why: Spreading kindness not only helps others feel better about themselves —
Continue Reading By Jacqueline Howard, CNN In some older breast cancer patients, skipping radiation therapy after they’ve had surgery doesn’t appear to have a detrimental effect on their overall survival, according to a new study. Skipping radiation after surgery may not affect overall survival for women 65 and older with small hormone-positive breast cancer tumors, provided that
Continue Reading By Deidre McPhillips, CNN It has been a year since a major formula manufacturing company recalled several products, which escalated a widespread shortage in the United States and evoked fear in parents and caregivers nationwide. By some measures, the acute shortage is mostly resolved; data from market research firm IRI shows that stock rates have
Continue Reading By Sandee LaMotte and Kristen Rogers, CNN After retiring from acting in March 2022 due to a speaking disorder called aphasia, Bruce Willis, 67, has since been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, his family announced Thursday. “Since we announced Bruce’s diagnosis of aphasia in spring 2022, Bruce’s condition has progressed,” the Willis family noted in a
Continue Reading By Jen Christensen, CNN For at least 10 months after a Covid-19 infection, your immune system can provide good protection against symptomatic illness the next time around, a new study found, and the risk of severe illness is even lower. The researchers, from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation Covid-19 Forecasting Team, said their
Continue Reading By Kyla Russell, CNN Children under 5 in the US are missing out on vital nutrition by drinking sugary drinks and passing up fruits and vegetables, a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. Researchers surveyed the parents of more than 18,000 kids ages 1 to 5 in 2021, asking
Continue Reading By Kristen Rogers, CNN When CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta was growing up in a small rural town in Michigan, he wanted to change his name to Steve — hoping that would put an end to the anti-Asian taunts he faced at school from the time he was 6 or 7 years old,
Continue Reading By Jen Christensen, CNN If the US Food and Drug Administration gives the go-ahead, a nasal spray version of the opioid overdose antidote Narcan may soon be sold in vending machines, big box stores, grocery stores and gas stations across the country. Two FDA advisory committees met Wednesday and voted unanimously in favor of making
Continue Reading By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Every generation has tales of bullying, but perhaps today’s adults are not as familiar with what it means now for a kid to be bullied. Physical bullying — like confrontations involving hitting or shoving — actually showed very little association with a risk for mental distress, according to a new study.
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Cohen and Amanda Musa, CNN Dino Carlone was frightened when he was diagnosed with bladder cancer three years ago, but his spirits were buoyed when he learned that he could get help from a highly effective drug with a great track record. “You’re telling yourself, ‘OK, I have cancer, and it’s a very
Continue Reading By Casey Barber, CNN If you’re making the switch to more vegetarian and plant-based meals, chances are you’ve been adding more beans to your roster of regular dishes. That means you’ve likely been loading up your grocery cart with cans galore. But while canned beans are convenient, I’m here to make the argument for using
Continue Reading By Katherine Dillinger, CNN Like those of thousands of families across Turkey and Syria, the Fansas’ lives were shattered by last week’s earthquakes. But Nilay Fansa and her husband, Cengiz, are also holding tight to their “miracle baby.” The February 6 quakes trapped the family beneath the rubble that had been their seven-story apartment building
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Cohen and Amanda Musa, CNN Dino Carlone was frightened when he was diagnosed with bladder cancer three years ago, but his spirits were buoyed when he learned that he could get help from a highly effective drug with a great track record. “You’re telling yourself, ‘OK, I have cancer, and it’s a very
Continue Reading By Jen Christensen, CNN Advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration will meet Wednesday to discuss whether a nasal spray version of the opioid overdose antidote Narcan should be made available over-the-counter. The Baltimore-area company Emergent BioSolutions Inc. submitted an application to the FDA late last year to be allowed to sell generic naloxone
Continue Reading By Katherine Dillinger, CNN Like those of thousands of families across Turkey and Syria, the Fansas’ lives were shattered by last week’s earthquakes. But Nilay Fansa and her husband, Cengiz, are also holding tight to their “miracle baby.” The February 6 quakes trapped the family beneath the rubble that had been their seven-story apartment building
Continue Reading By Katherine Dillinger, CNN Like those of thousands of families across Turkey and Syria, the Fansas’ lives were shattered by last week’s earthquakes. But Nilay Fansa and her husband, Cengiz, are also holding tight to their “miracle baby.” The February 6 quakes trapped the family beneath the rubble that had been their seven-story apartment building
Continue Reading By Kristen Rogers, CNN Eating a lot of free sugars — also known as added sugars — might feel harmless in the moment, but it could increase your risk for getting cardiovascular disease, a new study has found. Free sugars are those added during the processing of foods; packaged as table sugar and other sweeteners;
Continue Reading By Brenda Goodman, CNN People who’ve had Covid-19 have a higher risk of developing diabetes, and that link seems to have persisted into the Omicron era, a new study finds. Mounting evidence suggests Covid-19 infections are tied to a new diagnosis of diabetes, though it’s not clear whether this relationship is a coincidence or cause-and-effect.
Continue Reading By Jen Christensen, CNN Avian flu has infected a record number of birds and some mammals across the United States, and scientists are keeping close watch. World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Thursday that the risk to humans remains low but added, “we cannot assume that will remain the case.” As with
Continue Reading By Kristen Rogers, CNN Once a week, ADHD coach Robin Nordmeyer joins a Zoom meeting of other coaches while she writes blogs, does administrative tasks or works on content for presentations she has been putting off. Nordmeyer, who has ADHD, isn’t necessarily using the meeting to collaborate with others — she just needs their presence
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