We might one day be able to live to 150 thanks to some wicked new drugs or biotechnological enhancements. But until then, we have to rely on improving our lifespan the old-fashioned way: staying healt

Children might be more susceptible to COVID because many have not yet been vaccinated. Credit: Majority World/Universal Images Group via Getty As the highly transmissible Omicron coronavirus variant

(CNN) People using e-cigarettes to quit smoking found them to be less helpful than more traditional smoking cessations aids, a new study found. The study, published Monday in the journal BMJ , analyz

Individual aspects of poor sleep can be detrimental to heart health. But if you combine them, the risk of heart disease can increase by as much as 141 percent. That’s the finding of a new study publis

Why remdesivir, a highly effective COVID treatment, is a last resort for providers Enlarge this image toggle caption Dirk Waem/Belga/AFP via Getty Images Dirk Waem/Belga/AFP via Getty Images In late

Getting an hour or so more sleep each night can help people to cut calories, according a small clinical trial in overweight adults. Researchers in the US found that people who typically slept for les

In the 1960s, epidemiologists studying the long-term prognosis of survivors of the 1918 Spanish Influenza began to notice an unusual trend. Those who were born between 1888 and 1924 – meaning they wer

Three men paralyzed in motorcycle accidents have become the first success stories for a new spinal stimulation device that could enable faster and easier recoveries than its predecessors. The men, who

Adding an hour or so of sleep every night could help people reduce their daily calorie intake by 270 calories, a new study has found. Researchers from the University of Chicago carried out a clinical

Low levels of vitamin D prior to catching COVID-19 were linked to worse illness, a study found. Vitamin D helps bolster the immune system to tackle viruses that attack the lungs, researchers said. V

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A widely available and affordable thinning drug, heparin, limits lung damage when inhaled by COVID-19 patients, and may also prevent infection from the SARS-CoV-2 virus, according to early results of

(CNN) A receding hairline. A bald spot spreading on the top of head. Painfully thin hair that is especially noticeable where the hair parts. Some 90% of men will suffer some form of hair loss during t

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SAN JOSE (KPIX) — When Isaac and Sureya Hinojos became sick with COVID-19 last month, it began with mild, flu-like symptoms. “It started off with a headache, I had a really bad headache day one,” Sur

Drug-resistant malaria is emerging in Africa. Doctors are worried — yet hopeful Enlarge this image toggle caption Ashley Cooper/Getty Images Ashley Cooper/Getty Images In June 2017, Betty Balikagala

Carol Cress, a Long COVID patient at the Benefis clinic in Montana, gets her breathing tested Carol Cress, a Long COVID patient at the Benefis clinic in Montana, gets her breathing tested Credit - Re

Purpose The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Interim Clinical Considerations provides additional information to healthcare professionals and public health officials on the use of COVI

Israel is a vaccine star of the pandemic. It rolled out its initial jabs with great speed this time last year amid the deadly alpha wave. It saw off delta in the summer by pioneering booster shots. An

By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certifie

Responding to omicron, the latest COVID-19 variant, some public officials and private employers have imposed or reimposed mandated masking to help stem the disease’s transmission. “Yet evidence of fa

MERRIAM, Kan. — If you haven't thanked a health care worker in awhile, now is a great time to do it. Many hospitals continue to struggle with high COVID-19 case counts as well as staffing shortages.

Before Mary Venus was offered a nursing job at a hospital in Billings, Mont., she'd never heard of Billings or visited the United States. A native of the Philippines, she researched her prospective mo

Discovery of HIV variant shows virus can evolve to be more severe — and contagious Enlarge this image toggle caption AP AP A variant of HIV that is faster at progressing to serious illness and more

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and first lady Emine Erdoğan tested COVID-19 positive with mild symptoms, the president's official personal Twitter account announced Saturday. Erdoğan was due to atten

Pesky mosquitoes are more attracted to people who wear red, orange or black clothes, according to new research.But they are put off by those in green, purple, blue or white clobber, say scientists. H

To scientists’ relief, the “reignited” Cancer Moonshot to be formally announced today by President Joe Biden will not offer an unrealistic deadline for wiping out cancer. It instead sets a long-term g

CHICAGO — Two years into the pandemic is taking a major psychological toll on frontline health care workers. One hospital chaplain, who is an Army veteran, says what nurses are saying mirrors what he

More than a year after a bout with COVID-19, Rebekah Hogan still suffers from severe brain fog, pain and fatigue that leave her unable to do her nursing job or handle household activities. Long COVID

Propelled in part by the wildly contagious omicron variant, the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 hit 900,000 on Friday, less than two months after eclipsing 800,000. The two-year total, as compiled by J

Philadelphia health officials unveiled on Tuesday an innovative way to give out the overdose-reversal drug naloxone: a vending machine. The program, dubbed Narcan Near Me, is the first of its kind in

SAN FRANCISCO — In early January, one of the country’s top public health officials went on national television and delivered what she called “really encouraging news” on COVID-19: A recent study showe

With the brutal omicron wave rapidly loosening its grip, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. are falling in 49 of 50 states, even as the nation’s death toll closes in on another bleak round number: 900,

Ovarian cancer is the third-most-common gynecological cancer in Germany and the seventh-most-common in people with ovaries across the world. In Germany, there were roughly 7,300 new cases in 2018, and

Israel scientists say they have gathered the most convincing evidence to date that increased vitamin D levels can help COVID-19 patients reduce the risk of serious illness or death. Researchers from

© Provided by National Geographic Six months ago, thick paper was taped to the windows of an 11th floor office in a hospital in the Belgian city of La Louvière. With the summer light blocked, a dark