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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Eating a lot of ultraprocessed foods significantly increases men’s risk of colorectal cancer and can lead to heart disease and early death in both men and women, according to two new, large-scale studies of people in the United States and Italy published Wednesday in British medical journal The BMJ. Ultraprocessed foods

By Megan Marples, CNN Eating a snack, going for a walk or scrolling through social media: No matter how you spend them, microbreaks of 10 minutes or less during work can increase vigor while decreasing fatigue, according to a meta-analysis published Wednesday in the journal PLOS ONE. Researchers examined 22 studies from the past 30

By Jack Guy, CNN African American adults who participate in frequent religious activities, or hold deeper spiritual beliefs, are more likely to score higher in indicators linked to good heart health than those who don’t, according to new research. More religious participants had better scores for blood pressure, cholesterol and other metrics known to influence

By Melissa Mahtani, CNN If you’ve ever been bitten by a mosquito, you know how frustrating their bites can be. The little red bumps swell up almost immediately, creating an itch that once you start scratching only seems to get worse. The more you scratch, the more they itch — starting a vicious cycle that

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN After a historic drop in 2020, life expectancy in the United States took another significant hit in 2021. According to provisional data published Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, life expectancy at birth dropped by nearly a year between 2020 and 2021 — and by more than

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN A warm cup of tea in your favorite mug can seem to heal the soul — and a new study finds it may be good for your body, too. Drinking two or more cups of black tea a day is associated with lower risk of death from all causes, according to

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN The pace of new monkeypox cases reported in some major cities — and in the US overall — has started to slow recently, but experts say it’s too early to know if the trend will last. On Friday, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said that

By Jen Christensen, CNN Billionaire Elon Musk tweeted, not for the first time, that “population collapse due to low birth rates is a much bigger risk to civilization than global warming.” Climate change is a serious problem facing the planet and experts say it’s difficult to compare problems. What is clear, demographers say, is that

By Naomi Thomas, CNN Statins are an important tool to prevent major cardiovascular problems, but many patients stop taking them because of side effects, including muscle pain. However, for more than 90% of patients on statins who experience muscle pain, the statin is not the cause of the pain, according to a study published Monday

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN An increasing number of little children are eating small lithium batteries, also known as “button” batteries, that power many of our consumer devices, with potentially serious consequences, even death, a new report found. Despite public information campaigns warning parents about the dangers, an estimated 7,032 visits were made to emergency rooms

By Jen Christensen, CNN Lori McClintock died in what the Sacramento County Coroner determined was an accident. On the section of the form that asks the coroner to “describe how injury occurred” it lists “subject ingested white mulberry leaf.” Death after consuming this leaf was “unusual,” according to the experts. The 61-year-old died in December.

By Naomi Thomas, CNN Older heart disease patients who took a combination “polypill” made up of three different medications had a lower risk of major cardiovascular events, according to a new study published Friday in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in Spain. Study authors led

By Liam Reilly, CNN New York state health officials are urging people to get vaccinated against polio after the virus was identified in wastewater samples in another county. The four wastewater samples were collected in July and August in Sullivan County, northwest of Orange County. CNN previously reported that polio was identified in wastewater samples

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Just like people, dogs can get dementia as they age. The spry speedster that used to zoom out the door may one day amble unsteadily to the closet to be let out. It’s an unfortunate reality many dog owners might have to face, especially if their dog’s breed lives 10 years

By Jen Christensen, CNN The US Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday that it proposes to label certain “forever chemicals” that are found in hundreds of household items and pollute drinking water systems across the country as hazardous substances. There are thousands of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) chemicals. Since the 1940s, manufacturers have used the chemicals