Health

High school sweethearts Mitchail and Brenda Encarnacion filled the early years of their marriage with excitement, before embarking on another kind of adventure. According to Mitchail, Brenda was “gung-ho” about the impending birth of their baby. “She was reading all these books. It was, like, YouTube videos. She made me …

The latest weight loss craze could also help people control their drinking. Semaglutide treatments such as Ozempic and Wegovy have been shown to reduce the symptoms of alcohol use disorder (AUD), according to a study published in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry on Nov. 27. The collaborative study from The …

A Pittsburgh boy with a rare liver disease is fighting for his life — and his family is hoping for a second miracle to save him. Lucas Goeller, now 10, was born with a rare, life-threatening condition called biliary atresia, which is a blockage that prevents bile from traveling from …

Kelsey Hatcher, 32, is just days away from giving birth to her twin daughters. And if that’s not exciting enough, the babies will be delivered from two different uteruses.  Hatcher has a rare condition called uterus didelphys, which affects about 0.3% of the population. The Alabama mother of three children …

Anyone who has ever woken up in the middle of the night and struggled to go back to sleep knows the toll insomnia can take the following day. More than 17% of adults had trouble staying asleep most days or every day of the past month, according to 2020 data …

A new CDC report estimates that the number of U.S. adults with chronic fatigue syndrome is approximately 3.3 million. The CDC’s estimate is larger than previous studies, which health officials say is influenced by long COVID patients. The cause is unknown, but research suggests a prolonged immune system reaction to …

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a landmark gene-editing treatment for sickle cell disease, a painful condition that affects approximately 100,000 people in the United States, predominantly people of color. The innovative therapy promises to repair the gene responsible for the disease. The breakthrough offers a beacon …

Dental hygiene is important for overall wellness, but are your breathing habits affecting your oral health? If you’re breathing through your mouth, this might be the case, according to Dianne Sefo, clinical associate professor and chair of the Dental Hygiene and Dental Assisting department at NYU. “Mouth breathing can impact …

As many Americans focus on holiday shopping, Mark Fenrich, 34, is celebrating the gift of life — which he’s received not once, but four times. During his lifelong struggle with kidney disease, the New York IT project manager has received a total of four kidney transplants from four different members …

Despite the higher risk that the coronavirus poses to older adults, a surprisingly low share of nursing home staff and residents are up to date with their COVID-19 vaccinations. Only six states are indicating that over 10% of staff members are updated on their vaccines, according to the Centers for …