Health

Courtesy Amanda and Derek Banic (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 […]

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 […]

Thanasis Zovoilis/Getty Images (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 […]

ATU Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The American Red Cross said Monday it is experiencing an emergency blood shortage. According to the humanitarian organization, it is seeing the lowest number of people giving blood in 20 years. Hospitals are currently receiving blood products — including whole blood, red blood cells, plasma and platelets — faster […]

PonyWang/Getty Images (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 […]

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,” […]

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 […]