Health A-Z News & Features

February 12, 2023 — The rising national suicide rate is being driven by increases among younger people and among people of color, according to a new report. Significant increases in suicide occurred among Native American, Black and Hispanic people, with a startling rise among young Black people.

February 10, 2023 — There were 225 norovirus outbreaks reported to the CDC between Aug. 1, 2022, and Jan. 8, 2023, compared to 172 outbreaks during the same period the previous season, according to CDC data.

February 10, 2023 — Every state has found bird flu in wild birds and 47 states have found it in poultry flocks, including 18 states in the last 30 days, the USDA said.

February 7, 2023 — Black and Hispanic people on dialysis have higher rates of staph bloodstream infections than White people, with Hispanic patients having a 40% higher risk of staph bloodstream infections, a report released by the CDC said.

February 6, 2023 — A pill that could change the way postpartum depression is treated has been submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for priority review, pharmaceutical companies Sage Therapeutics and Biogen announced.

What does it look like to care for someone with C3 glomerulopathy? Learn about challenges of the condition, what to expect, and how to care for yourself, too.

February 4, 2023 — Scientific evidence suggests “dangerous fungal infections are on the rise.” As temperatures have risen, some fungi are adapting to higher heat, including within people, the newspaper wrote.

February 3, 2023 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture and its counterpart in the United Kingdom say the bird flu has been detected in mammals such as raccoons, foxes, bears, skunks, and even a cat in France.

February 3, 2023 — If you thought AI was remarkable, just wait until you see these.

February 1, 2023 — Childhood stress can change the brain negatively, according to a new study that says Black children are affected more because they experience more poverty and adversity.

January 31, 2023 — Teenagers used marijuana less in the first year of the pandemic, a new study shows, while adult use of cannabis, illegal drugs and alcohol stayed the same or increased.

January 31, 2023 — The U.S. spends dramatically more on health care than other high-income nations but has the worst health outcomes on nearly every metric, a new report shows. Despite the high health care spending rate, affordability of health care was the top reason Americans gave for skipping or delaying care.

January 31, 2023 — In How Medicine Works and When It Doesn't, F. Perry Wilson, MD, guides readers through the murky and often treacherous landscape of modern medicine.

January 30, 2023 — Gut microbiome appears to play a big role in regulating body temperature, both in long-term health and during life-threatening medical situations such as sepsis, according to a study from the University of Michigan.

January 30, 2023 — The combination of polyphenols and amino acids was seen to be twice as effective at fighting inflammation as polyphenol alone, in preliminary research suggesting that coffee with milk could be an anti-inflammatory.

January 29, 2023 — The FDA has proposed updating blood donor screening questions to be gender-inclusive, in a long-sought move away from uniform exclusions for gay men and men who have sex with men.

January 27, 2023 — The federal government denied three citizen petitions for guidance on the use of CBD in food and supplements.

January 25, 2023 — VEXAS syndrome, which causes multiple symptoms, may affect tens of thousands of U.S. men

January 17, 2023 — Freshwater fish caught in the nation’s rivers and the Great Lakes had dangerous levels of a toxic additive -- PFOs -- that has leached into the nation’s drinking water, a new study says.

January 15, 2023 — Veterans in suicidal crisis can get free emergency health care at any facility, including private, non-Veterans Administration sites, even if they are not enrolled in the VA system.

January 12, 2023 — Nearly 1 in 4 people admitted to the hospital experience an adverse event during their stay, and the events were less likely to happen at smaller hospitals compared to large ones, a new study shows.

January 11, 2023 — Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin was released from the hospital Wednesday, more than a week after he suffered cardiac arrest and was resuscitated during a National Football League game.

January 10, 2023 — A growing number of homeless and underserved people are spending their last days alone. Meet the people who are trying to change that.

January 10, 2023 — Anti-inflammatory diets such as the Mediterranean Diet, increase conception chances by boosting fertility in men and women, according to a review of research at Monash University, the University of the Sunshine Coast, and the University of South Australia (UniSA).

January 9, 2023 — About a third of Americans have used medical marijuana to deal with chronic pain, a new study says. The study says 31% of respondents reported using medical marijuana to relieve chronic pain at some point in their life.

January 7, 2023 — Pro football player Damar Hamlin was “awake and breathing,” his doctors said Thursday, but they still do not know if he will fully recover from his on-field cardiac arrest or return to the NFL.

January 4, 2023 — Snow shoveling can be dangerous: One study found it’s responsible for 11,500 serious injuries and almost 100 deaths annually. So before you reach for your shovel, or even your snow blower, familiarize yourself with the risks and take precautions.

Graphic medicine, at the intersection between comics and health care, offers patients something that’s often missing in a formal medical setting: the feeling that their voice is being heard.

December 1, 2022 — AI and machine learning remain technologies that add to human know-how. For example, AI can help track a patient over time better than a health care professional relying on memory alone, can speed up image analysis, and is very good at prediction.

November 30, 2022 — Second in a series examining the impact and potential of artificial intelligence in health care.

November 29, 2022 — A first in a series examining the impact and potential of artificial intelligence in health care.

Artificial Intelligence may spell the end of the control group.

IgA nephropathy can raise your chances of depression, anxiety, and stress. Here are some steps you can take to manage your mental and kidney health.

Learn how to take steps to stay connected to your community when dealing with this disease.

Non-prescription hearing aids have many great benefits such as reducing costs and stigma, but some audiologists are concerned that people will buy them without knowing why they need them or how to use or adjust them properly.

A one-year “look-back window” for survivors to file lawsuits against abusers and institutions gives New Yorkers a chance to heal

Leeching was once quackery of the worst sort. But the leech has been quietly making a comeback in the field of reconstructive microsurgery

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Discussion of accommodations for those with illnesses.

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A good pillow can help to alleviate or prevent neck pain. Learn what makes a good pillow and how best to use it to manage neck pain.

Fatigue can be a side effect of certain treatment options or come from something else. Learn how to beat fatigue and stay active all day.

Stomach sounds are a normal part of hunger and digestion. Here’s what’s going on in there and why.

Learn how you can reach out and help people who live without shelter in a safe and useful way.

Kidney care in the U.S. is at a watershed moment of moving past a deeply entrenched, institutionally racist equation.

Scheele’s Green, named for the Swedish chemist who invented it in 1778, was everywhere in Victorian England, from the walls of Buckingham Palace to the factories where child laborers painted the leaves of fake foliage. And it was deadly.

Readers weighed in on Best Doctor, Best Medical Film, and other categories in our inaugural movie awards.

The basic principles of origami have changed the way biomedical engineers look at their work.

Surprising technologies could help provide access to clean water and solve the worldwide water crisis.