Health

Are You Eating Enough Whole Grains to Lower Your Heart Disease Risk?

Consuming 4 to 6 servings of whole grains per day could offer significant heart health benefits, according to a new study. Viktoriya Skorikova/Moment/Getty Images A large meta-analysis sug...

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Women, Young Adults Experience Fatigue More Often, Says CDC

A CDC report shows that women and young adults are more likely to experience frequent fatigue. ArtistGNDphotography · E+/Getty A recent report from the CDC’s National Center for Health Sta...

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Report: Christian Pulisic omitted from USMNT boss Mauricio Pochettino's post-World Cup squad: What's next?

Christian Pulisic, arguably the face of the United States men's national team this decade, will not be called into Mauricio Pochettino's squad for this international break according to Doug McIntyr...

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California Eyes Prison Heat Protections That Fall Short of Workplace Standards

As Californians have weathered relentless heat waves, state workplace safety regulators have repeatedly reminded employers to protect employees from heat illness by providing water, shade, cooldown...

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3 Common Drugs Older Adults Might Be Overusing

The scenario often unfolds like this: Medical researchers investigate a frequently used drug and report that it’s less effective for older patients than previously thought, or that its risks outwei...

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Should you say ‘autistic person’ or ‘person with autism’? Here’s how language has changed

How should we refer to people with mental ill health, disability, or neurodivergence? Terminology should be respectful, apt and avoid carrying stigma. It’s also important to listen to people’s p...

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This Is Your Brain on Short-Form Video

Among the many aspects of online life accused of rotting our brains, a certain folk psychology holds that short-form video is an especially egregious driver of the decay. In an interview last month...

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Family blames 'merciless' Texas abortion ban for woman's death in new lawsuit

The family of Tierra Walker, who died of preeclampsia at the age of 37 when she was 20 weeks pregnant, has filed a lawsuit in Texas, saying she was denied an abortion that could have saved her life...

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Is Diet Quality More Important For Weight Loss Than Counting Calories?

Recent research shows that diet quality may help improve overall health more than just counting calories. fcafotodigital · E+/Getty A two-year study found that a Mediterranean-style diet a...

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Pennsylvania’s Measles Outbreak Is Enormous

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here.Following America’s recent measles deaths, anti-vaccine activists have cast doubt on the virus as the culpri...

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The Surprising Health Benefits of Reading a Book

—Maryna Terletska—Getty ImagesWhen was the last time you sat down with a good book? Over the last couple of decades, the number of Americans reading for pleasure has been steadily dropping, with o...

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Shift Supervisor Regrets Being A Complete Jerk After One Video Sends Him To Jail For 6 Years

Most of us have probably had to deal with an insufferable boss at least once in our lives. Someone who makes every task harder than it needs to be and somehow always finds a way to get on your nerv...

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The American Age Is Over

The American age that followed World War II was bound to end eventually. What’s shocking is how suddenly that moment has arrived. In the past six months, America’s power—long exemplified by the wor...

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Meta is changing Instagram and Facebook to protect teens’ mental health. Are the new measures backed up by science?

Only_NewPhoto/ShutterstockThe recent landmark ruling against Meta in the United States was the result of a lawsuit filed in 2023 which went to trial in August 2026. It was brought by nearly fifty ...

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States Bet Big on Rural Health Startups, With a Silicon Valley Twist

Your browser does not support the audio element. Can’t see the audio player? Visit kffhealthnews.org to listen. When Josh Fleig, Louisiana’s chief innovation officer, learned h...

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Outcome of Suit Against Department of Labor Could Boost Skimpy Employer Health Plans

A long-running lawsuit challenging what it means to be an employee and therefore have access to work-based health plans is being closely watched by health policy analysts. Its outcome could spur th...

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Love to Read? Your Book Habit May Lower Alzheimer’s Risk by 33%

Research shows that reading has many benefits for people of all ages. Goodboy Picture Company · E+/Getty Research shows that reading for pleasure has various benefits for people of all age...

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Most Men Unaware That Dairy Intake Is Linked to Prostate Cancer Risk

A survey suggests that only 20% of U.S. males know that milk and dairy products are potentially linked to prostate cancer risk. Eva-Katalin/E+/Getty Images A new survey found that only 1 i...

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Restoring Childhood Says It's Not Smartphones Making Teens Miserable. It's School.

Restoring Childhood: How to Set Kids Free in the Age of Anxiety, by Peter Gray, Penguin Random House, 352 pages, $32 There's one chart that...

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Reading for pleasure boosts memory, empathy and mental health

Reading a book is quite novel these daysSoma/Alamy Whether it is a novel by Charles Dickens or Jackie Collins, reading for pleasure is good for brain health. Regularly enjoying a good book h...

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Rising Healthcare Costs Have Hit Georgia’s Most Conservative District. But Its Politics Are Unlikely To Change.

Amber Bates of Cohutta, Georgia, is one of thousands of people without health insurance in the 14th Congressional District, home to about 765,000 people in the northwestern corner of the state. ...

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