Health

Maskot/Getty Images (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 […]

AED are portable, life-saving devices designed to treat people experiencing sudden cardiac arrest, a medical condition in which the heart stops beating suddenly and unexpectedly. CREDIT: Boy_Anupong/Getty Images (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 […]

Sorapop Udomsri / EyeEm/Getty Images (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 […]

DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (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 […]

farmer images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In a small group of veterans diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injury, treatment with a psychedelic drug, ibogaine was associated with improvements in daily function and mental health symptoms, a new study out of Stanford found. “This could be one of the first treatments for traumatic brain injury,” said […]

MoMo Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A variant that has been circulating in the U.S. for the last couple of months currently makes up a majority of COVID-19 cases in the United States. JN.1, a descendant of BA.2.86 — which is itself an offshoot of the omicron variant — now makes up an estimated 61.6% […]

CRISTINA PEDRAZZINI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — If you have a friend who suggests grabbing dinner at 5 p.m., or a co-worker who you see eating her first meal at noon, she is probably doing the latest wellness trend: Intermittent fasting. The idea of fasting is, of course, thousands of years old but the […]

Peter Dazeley/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — While Dry January — giving up alcohol for the month of January — has been shown to have benefits like better sleep and increased energy, giving up drinks could also help you live longer and look younger, research shows. “Everyone will feel better [after] a month of alcohol-free. Everyone,” […]

The Good Brigade/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal appeals court ruled this week that Texas hospitals and doctors are not required to perform emergency abortions despite guidance from the Biden administration. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, in a unanimous decision on Tuesday, said the federal government had misinterpreted the Emergency […]

Santiago Urquijo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Regular use of hearing aids is associated with decreased death rates in U.S. adults with hearing loss, a new study out of USC found. The findings highlight the importance of encouraging people to use hearing aids and of ensuring everyone who needs hearing aids can get them, according to […]