Starting about 3 million years ago, our brains got bigger, helping us master everything from cave painting to particle physics. Now we’re in a modern-day growth spurt. A new study …
Hunter Boyce | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (TNS) Around half of the global population could need corrective lenses by 2050 — a health care burden that already costs Americans an estimated $7.2 billion annually. It’s …
By Carla K. Johnson | The Associated Press Regular mammograms to screen for breast cancer should start younger, at age 40, according to an influential U.S. task force. Women ages …
Andrea Chang | (TNS) Los Angeles Times Saying it does not want to promote negative body comparisons, TikTok is cracking down on posts about disordered eating, dangerous weight-loss habits and …
Arielle Zionts | KFF Health News (TNS) HISLE, S.D. — Katherine Goodlow is only 20, but she has experienced enough to know that people around her are dying too young. …
By Kristen Rogers | CNN For people avoiding caffeine, decaf coffee seems like a harmless option. But some health advocacy groups that argue otherwise are petitioning the US Food and …
By Jen Christensen | CNN Zepbound, a popular weight loss drug, also seems to help people with obstructive sleep apnea, drugmaker Eli Lilly said Wednesday. Based on results from trials …
Emily Alpert Reyes | (TNS) Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — Inside a clinic wedged next to a smoke shop in a South Los Angeles strip mall, Dr. Mohamad Yaghi …
New York — Costco is now offering $179 Ozempic prescriptions for some of its members. Under a program launched Tuesday, the warehouse retailer is prescribing GLP-1 weight loss drugs through …
Most parents, educators and policymakers agree that children should eat healthy foods. However, our peer-reviewed paper suggests the strategy adults often use to achieve that can sometimes backfire. Fortunately, there’s …