Health

(NEW YORK) — Drinking more water every day is a healthy habit, but a new study has raised concerns about the container you should sip from. Researchers from Columbia University and Rutgers University published the study Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, which reveals an average of 240,000 detachable plastic fragments […]

(NEW YORK) — The ketogenic diet, described as “Atkins on steroids” for its focus on foods high in fat and low in carbohydrates, is an increasingly popular diet. If you’re looking to start the trendy diet in the New Year, here is what you need to know: What is the ketogenic diet? The ketogenic, keto […]

(NEW YORK) — More than three years into the pandemic, hundreds of Americans are still dying from COVID-19 every week. For the week ending Dec. 9, the last week of complete data, there were 1,614 deaths from COVID, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The last four weeks of complete data […]

(NEW YORK) — Although rates of strokes in the adult population have generally decreased over the last several decades, the racial inequity gap persists, according to a new study in Neurology, which found that Black adults are still more likely to have strokes compared to white adults, and at younger ages. Researchers analyzed data on patients […]

(NEW YORK) — Bystander use of automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, for witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrests remains low despite legislative efforts to improve access to these life-saving devices at recreational facilities across the United States, according to a study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Researchers at the University of Texas […]

(NEW YORK) — A mom in Michigan credits her baby with saving her life during pregnancy, when she was diagnosed with a rare genetic condition that led to a life-threatening blood vessel problem. Amanda Banic, 35, said she had an easy and healthy pregnancy with her first child, a daughter named Baylor, up until around […]

(LONDON) — It is one thing to make a New Year’s resolution. It is, however, a very different thing to be able to keep it. Every year they are made with the best of intentions — with the hope and desire to become a better version of ourselves — so why is it that millions […]

(PHILADELPHIA) — The Philadelphia Department of Health is tracking a measles outbreak in the city, with eight confirmed cases as of Monday. Health officials told ABC News all confirmed cases are among non-immune individuals. The health department said it’s actively tracking current cases and has listed several known exposure sites across the city, mostly at […]

(NEW YORK) — Respiratory illness activity is elevated or increasing across most areas of the country, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Some 38 states plus New York City are experiencing “high or very high” levels of respiratory illness activity, according to the CDC. Of those states, […]

(NEW YORK) — For children under the age of 2, television screen time is associated with sensory differences later in toddlerhood, according to a new study. Children who watched any television or DVDs at 12 months of age were twice as likely by 36 months to experience “atypical sensory processing” – that is, challenges in […]