Health

Will We See Another Kennedy in the White House?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is the author of two books. “American Values: Lessons I Learned from My Family,” published in ...

Fake Meat Dangers With Dr. Joseph Mercola

At face value, fake meat sounds like the perfect solution to end world hunger, protect animal welfare and save the ...

Handling Emotions After Breast Cancer

Post-cancer stress following breast cancer is real. Learn how it can affect you and what you can do about it.

Handling Emotions After Breast Cancer

Post-cancer stress following breast cancer is real. Learn how it can affect you and what you can do about it.

Learning to Live With AMD: A Caregiver’s Story

Her father’s AMD diagnosis was hard for them both. Learn how this caregiver helped her loved one deal with vision ...

Running Long Distances Might Not Hurt Your Joints After All

It has generally been thought that running could increase the risk of osteoarthritis because it puts more load on joints ...

Learning to Live With AMD: A Caregiver’s Story

Her father’s AMD diagnosis was hard for them both. Learn how this caregiver helped her loved one deal with vision ...

How Can Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Help With Weight Management?

In the webinar “How Can CBT Help With Weight Management,” Rachel Goldman, PhD, shared some tools that can help you ...

AMD and Vision Loss: One Woman’s Story of Acceptance

What’s it like to deal with vision loss from wet AMD? Find out how one woman has learned to adapt.

Teens Heal Differently Than Adults After Concussion

Teens experience many of the same symptoms of concussions as adults, but they may be worse, and take longer to ...

Similar Processes Could Link MS With Heart Disease

Multiple sclerosis and atherosclerosis both involve an abnormal hardening of body tissue, and recent research suggests they may be linked.

After Breast Cancer: Fitness and Nutrition Tips

Get back into exercise and adopt a diet rich in cancer-protective foods, which will boost your health and may even ...

After Breast Cancer: Fitness and Nutrition Tips

Get back into exercise and adopt a diet rich in cancer-protective foods, which will boost your health and may even ...

Seniors With Few Years Left Often Advised to Get Colonoscopy

Some polyps, if allowed to grow, have the potential to develop into cancer, a transformation that can take 10 to ...

Common Chemical Linked to Parkinson’s Disease

According to a new paper by an international team of scientists, the chemical known as TCE may be associated with ...

Old-School Printer Helps Scientists Spot Bacteria in Blood

A faster way to identify bacterial infection in blood combines nanoparticles, AI, and ink-jet printer technology.

Military Pilots, Ground Crew at Higher Risk of Cancer

A study from the Department of Defense found that military air and ground crew have an increased rates of cancer ...

Can Laws Be Medicines?

How the field of legal epidemiology uses rigorous scientific methods to investigate the link between policy and public health.

Mediterranean Diet Greatly Reduces Heart Disease Risk in Women

Those who closely followed a Mediterranean diet had a 24% lower risk of heart disease and 23% lower risk of ...

Older Men More at Risk as Dangerous Falls Rise for All Seniors

For the older population, falls are a major health hazard.

High Caffeine Levels Linked to Lower Body Fat, Diabetes Risk

Having a higher level of caffeine in your blood could reduce body fat and the risk of type 2 diabetes, ...

It’s (Finally) Time to Stop Calling It a Pandemic: Experts

Many experts say we have entered a new phase as health care crises seem to have quieted and the public ...

Sometimes Hair Loss in Women Can Point to Bigger Health Issues

An American Academy of Dermatology expert offers information about the types of hair loss seen in women with darker skin ...

NOVIDS: Do Some Have the Genes to Dodge COVID?

NOVIDS is the term some use to describe those who haven’t gotten COVID. But researchers are not overly fond of ...

Training Options for Dogs and Cats

Learn about the choices for training your pet, including group classes, one-on-one training, agility lessons, training for behavior problems, and ...

Black Patients Fare Worse With Deadly Lung Disease Pulmonary Fibrosis

A new study probes factors contributing to earlier onset of disease, hospitalization and death in Black patients.

COVID at 3 Years: Where Are We Headed?

Three years after COVID-19 rocked the world, the pandemic has evolved into a steady state of commonplace infections, less frequent ...

Future COVID Vaccines Must Be Better; Science Races to Respond

COVID vaccines must work even better, whether by becoming variant-proof, finding other administration routes, or finding different targets to attack. ...

3 Years On, Why Don’t We Know the Extent of Long COVID?

OSTN Staff

More than 3 years into the pandemic, finding out how many Americans have long COVID – and what to about ...

WebMD Poll: Another Year of Tough COVID Questions

OSTN Staff

Our current poll found that almost a third – 30% – of our audience thinks the pandemic has already come ...