The government linked alcohol with seven types of cancers, prompting the US surgeon general to call for warning labels on beer, wine and liquor.
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The study offers insight into how marijuana access may alter treatment patterns for patients with anxiety.
The chemicals emitted when buildings and vehicles burn can find their way into nearby homes. Studies show the health risks can stick around.
Text message-based programming and the drug varenicline were the only 2 strategies that were shown to be effective for quitting vaping.
Many Americans are deficient in vitamin D, vitamin B12 and omega-3 fatty acids, all of which affect energy levels.
State-level immigration policies can have surprising ripple effects.
Nutrition Facts labels provide useful information about how nutritious a food is, but can be overwhelming. A single score could help make healthy grocery shopping more approachable.
An exercise science specialist defines this nutrition term you might hear tossed around by people who are focused on a particular diet.
A series of surveys in the months and years after the devastating blaze near Boulder revealed continuing health concerns in surviving buildings, and tips for how to clean up smoke-damaged homes.
Although these activities have been around for decades, there are signs that some are making a comeback.
As the middlemen between drug companies and insurers, PBMs are shoo-ins as the villains behind high drug prices. But they do play a useful role in the health marketplace.
Future-oriented thinking, rather than careening from moment to moment, can help parents have more meaningful moments with their children.
Many claims about the dangers of vaccines come from misrepresenting scientific research papers.
The murder of a health care insurance executive has brought scrutiny to the ways that insurance companies can make it difficult for insured patients to get the care they need.
A clinical psychologist offers research-backed ways to work through grief and support grieving friends and family members during the holidays.
Black Americans were disproportionately affected by COVID-19 infections, illness and death during the pandemic. But the long-term toll of long COVID among this group is still largely overlooked.
Insurers in many ways are the face of US health care, which may help explain the public reaction to the murder of an insurance executive.
Cold and flu viruses often circulate more in the fall and winter, but there are some time-tested strategies for avoiding them, such as vaccines, handwashing and staying active.
A narrower, more personalized ‘normal range’ could help doctors better diagnose and treat disease in individual patients.
Between 40% and 50% of children didn’t live past 5 in the US during the 19th century. Popular authors like Charles Dickens documented the common but no less gutting grief of losing a child.
Hypnosis is safe and can work as both a stand-alone or a complementary treatment with other therapies.
Raw milk can carry many dangerous germs − now including the H5N1 virus that causes avian flu.
Consuming adequate amounts of omega-3 fatty acids from food sources can help offset the need for obtaining the nutrients from vitamins.
Although the health benefits of fluoride have been well-documented for decades, some say its use infringes on personal choice.
Philadelphia implemented new policies this year to better protect pedestrians and cyclists, but the city has a long way to go to reach its Vision Zero commitment of zero traffic deaths by 2030.