Adult Health

Life Expectancy Mass Incarceration

As U.S. life expectancy falls, experts cite the health impacts of incarceration

Sciatic nerve pain can be debilitating, but surgery often is unnecessary

Sciatica surgery

Social media is fueling enthusiasm for new weight loss drugs. Are regulators watching?

Four signs that your allergy medicine is no longer working and what to do

Allergy Medications

Most Americans say they or a family member has experienced gun violence

Gun violence America

Raincoats, undies, school uniforms: Are your clothes dripping in 'forever chemicals?'

Forever Chemicals Clothing

Traumatic brain injuries are chronic conditions that require lifelong support, research shows

Traumatic Brain Injuries

How to stop peeing when you laugh

Women Laugh Pee

Kidney stones have become more common; here's how to prevent them

Kidney stone prevention

Face blindness can be an isolating and embarrassing condition – and it's more prevalent than once believed

Face blindness

Lifestyle changes can help reduce heartburn caused by gastroesophageal reflux disease

GERD Treatment

Many Americans wrongly assume they understand what normal blood pressure is; that false confidence can be deadly

Normal Blood Pressure

Ketamine has become an at-home treatment for depression, but some scientists say that set-up is too risky

Ketamine treatment

Vinyl chloride, a chemical released in the Ohio train derailment, can damage the liver

The best way to keep the mind sharp? Attain a college degree, study suggests

Education Cognitive Decline

Eating ultra-processed foods like hot dogs and soda may increase risk of cancer, research shows

Ultra-processed foods cancer

How does body weight affect the brain? A study offers new clues

Body weight brain health

Marriage provides health benefits – and here's why

Marriage Health Benefits

Obesity blunts the benefits of vitamin D supplements, research shows

obesity and vitamin D

Will your smartphone be the next doctor's office?

Smartphones Medical Uses

Millennials' risk of fatal stroke could be higher than past generations

Stroke Risk Millennials

Choral singing may help stroke survivors regain their speech, researchers say

Singing therapy

The Paleo diet may help people lose weight, but its long-term effects are unclear

Paleo diet

Trying to eat more heart-healthy foods? Switch to the Mediterranean diet

Mediterranean diet

Extreme weather is hard on the heart, but the winter is far more dangerous than the summer

Heart Cold Weather

Can cash incentives spur obese people to lose weight? Research is mixed

cash incentive for changed health behavior

Vitamin B12 deficiency is a problem that can have serious consequences – but doctors often overlook it

Vitamin B12 deficiency

Steroid shots offer pain relief from knee arthritis, but they may make the condition worse over time

Knee injections pain relief

Memory loss comes with aging, but there are ways to keep your mind sharp

Healthy brain diet

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Weight Loss Drugs

GLP-1 drugs are great weight-loss tools. But they work best with lifestyle changes, experts say

Physical Therapy Exercises

Most people in physical therapy fail to complete their home exercises

Cooper Mobile Unit

Cooper Health's new mobile unit brings primary care to people with autism and other developmental...

Dark Showering Sleep

Can dark showering help you sleep better? Here's what the science says

measles exposure Philly airport

Possible measles exposure reported at Philadelphia International Airport

family enjoying in conversation while eating breakfast together at dining table

How busy families can stay healthy throughout the school year

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