Good sleep hygiene calls for, among other things, a cool, dark and relaxing environment. It turns out the dark part is key to helping prevent heart disease. People who are…
My parents put me on a bus to ski school every winter weekend for several years during my childhood in the Pacific Northwest. I hated everything about it, including the…
A large study from Massachusetts has found that babies whose mothers had COVID-19 while pregnant were slightly more likely to have a range of neurodevelopmental diagnoses by age 3. Most…
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is often thought of as a condition that only affects longtime smokers. In reality, the disease reaches far beyond that group. Women are disproportionately…
Across generations, men's mental health continues to get an increasing amount of attention, good and bad. Public figures in sports and politics have gone public with their mental health challenges…
Luna Evans didn't have much adult supervision or support growing up. When an uncle raped her, Evans said, she "wasn't allowed to talk to nobody about it, so I kind…
Medical educators and health professionals warn that new federal student loan caps in President Donald Trump's tax cut law could make it more expensive for many people to become doctors…
The number of steps someone takes may matter less than the pattern in which those steps are taken. Long walks offer more heart benefits than getting the same amount of…
Bright, smooth and full of flavor, this easy pea soup comes together in less than 30 minutes for a healthy, satisfying start to any meal. With simple ingredients like onion,…
If you take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins, you may have noticed a flurry of news coverage since late October about an extensive recall of thousands of bottles of atorvastatin, the…