The CDC's latest report shows that around 40% of U.S. adults are obese, the first time in over a decade the obesity rate has not increased, CBS News reports. The CDC's National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey estimates the adult obesity rate at 40.3%, based on data from 2021 to 2023, slightly down from 2020's 41.9%.
"It is considered more painful than fibromyalgia or giving birth — even more painful than amputating a finger without anesthesia."
There are around 6,600 new liver cancer cases in the UK every year,
Conspiracy theories surrounding Kate Middleton’s cancer diagnosis and recovery have erupted online again, after a report by a respected and accredited royal reporter suggested the Princess of Wales never had cancer but was instead found to have “pre-cancerous cells.” Vicious rumors perpetrated by online trolls alleging that Kate either faked or exaggerated her cancer to cover up personal difficulties have been turbocharged by the claim. When Kate announced she had cancer in March 2024, she said
President-elect Trump’s promise to let Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “go wild” on health is demoralizing public health experts, who worry he could meddle with key government agencies, amplify vaccine hesitancy and direct agency funding to favor his preferred views. Those include removing fluoride from public water, promoting a wide variety of unorthodox and unproven treatments…
Caring for our musculoskeletal health can help us stay strong and active as we age, said Dr. Vonda Wright.
After undergoing surgery for prostate cancer in October, the travel writer, 69, says the side effects have helped him better understand women's bathroom needs
UCLA researchers found that the honey caused an 84% tumor growth reduction without negatively impacting healthy cells.
Record-breaking levels of thick, toxic smog that have shrouded eastern Pakistan and northern India since last month can be seen in striking satellite imagery.
The first presumed human case of H5 avian influenza, or bird flu has been detected in B.C. The case is also the first in Canada. Joining us with more on how the industry is dealing with this situation is Shawn Hall with the BC Poultry Association.
Americans in an array of states sent a message to the incoming Trump administration and other elected officials: They won't give up autonomy over their bodies.
British Columbia’s health ministry says the first suspected human case of avian influenza has been detected in Canada. A teenager in the province has tested positive for the virus — also called bird flu — which can be fatal. There have been several cases detected in animals, but this is the first time it has crossed over into a human in Canada. Health officials are trying to determine the source of exposure. Darya Zargar has more.
"The concern is not just about what the Trump 2.0 Administration will do, but also about what it will say," writes Simon Williams.
Princess Beatrice's close friend Gabriela Peacock lifts the lid on the pregnant royal's healthy lifestyle as she prepares to welcome her second child with Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi
The walnut-sized organ might be a bit of a mystery for some people, so here's what you should know about it.
His truck and work tools also were destroyed.
If you think all your friends are “boring” for not drinking, it might be time to get some help.
Ex-Strictly star Kristina Rihanoff has developed a dance routine incorporating Kegels and gentle exercises – following her own recovery from childbirth. After leaving the BBC show in 2015, the dancer welcomed baby girl Mila with partner Ben Cohen in 2016 but experienced a number of health issues afterwards. When returning to dancing, Kristina noticed a significant change in her core and pelvic floor muscles, which forced her to take eight months away to focus on yoga, breath work and Pilates. Kristina, who has partnered with TENA as part of the launch of new TENA Silhouette underwear, to encourage women who experience bladder weakness to seek help – and which is also available to view at home [www.tena.co.uk/women/living-with-bladder-weakness/stories/pelvic-floor-routine-kristina-rihanoff], said: “As a professional dancer, I wasn’t prepared for what happened to me post-birth – no one talks about the fact you can experience pelvic floor weakness to the point of losing a little bit of control. “And as a very fit woman, where exercise and movement is my profession, I assumed I’d just bounce back – so it was a mental and physical challenge to overcome.”
Cases of mpox in the region of Congo where a new and more infectious variant was first detected appear to be “plateauing,” the World Health Organization said on Monday, even as the virus continues to increase in other areas of the country, as well as in Burundi and Uganda. According to data from last week, Congo reported fewer than 100 laboratory-confirmed mpox cases, down from nearly 400 in July. Last week, Africa CDC's director Dr. Jean Kaseya said the continent was “still in the acute phase” of the mpox epidemic, with 19 countries affected.
A new study has connected asthma to memory deficits in children, indicating there may be consequences later in life. Kyle Benning has this story and more in Health Matters for Nov. 11, 2024.
Had Avery Davis Bell had a miscarriage in Boston, where she lived until 2020, doctors could snap into action. But because she was having a miscarriage in a hospital in Georgia, surgery had to wait.
