Health

By Lily Hautau, CNN (CNN) — Daniel Halas startled himself the first time he caught his reflection after shaving his head. Halas was walking to the bathroom late at night in his home in Bavaria, Germany, when the mirror reflected an unfamiliar image: smooth scalp, no thinning patches to angle around, no careful styling. For

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — For decades, surviving a heart attack has come with a lifelong prescription: Stay on medications called beta-blockers to help protect your heart. But doctors are taking a closer look at whether long-term beta-blocker use is really necessary, especially beyond the first year of recovery. Beta-blockers are a class of

By Caleb Hellerman (CNN) — Andy Henard is used to doing things for himself. That’s the way to run a successful ranch and farming operation in North Texas. “I’ve always been a big strong guy. If I need to load 50 sacks of wheat seed weighing 100 pounds, I just do it,” says Henard, 76,

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Calls to poison centers in the United States about the widely available herb kratom increased more than 1,200% between 2015 and 2025, new research has found. “This data reflects a concerning trend,” study coauthor Dr. Christopher Holstege , director of the Blue Ridge Poison Center at the University of

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — In a large gathering space at the C.A. Scott Recreation Center on the northwest side of Atlanta, an instructor in a light brown track suit and mala beads urged a couple dozen women to bring their chairs closer. As gentle electronica played over a crackly speaker, the women laughed

By Brenda Goodman, Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration had been expected to nominate a new director for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week, but the White House is not ready to name its pick for the post, according to the US Department of Health and Human Services. Dr.

By Kara Alaimo, CNN (CNN) — When Ej Dickson was told by her son’s preschool teacher that her son might be struggling, some people told Dickson she wasn’t doing enough to help him. Others told her she was overreacting. Either way, she was a bad mom, Dickson wrote in her new book, “One Bad Mother:

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Leafy greens such as spinach and kale and perennial kid favorites such as strawberries and grapes held the highest levels of potentially harmful pesticide residues based on government tests, according to the 2026 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce. Nectarines, peaches, cherries, apples, blackberries, pears, potatoes and blueberries filled

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — A surprisingly simple measure may offer clues about longevity. Muscular strength, as determined by two tests, was a key predictor of a person’s risk of death, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open. Researchers followed more than 5,000 women between the ages of 63 and 99

By Lily Hautau, CNN (CNN) — Five requirements. Seventy-five days. No breaks and no room for mistakes. That’s the premise of 75 Hard, a challenge created by entrepreneur and author Andy Frisella and marketed as a “transformative mental toughness program” and “an ironman for your brain,” according to his website. Chicago runner Sarah Lyons learned

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Health officials in the United Kingdom are investigating a cluster of meningococcal infections, including two deaths. The situation has drawn renewed attention to meningococcal group B, or MenB, an infection that can cause severe illness and has been associated with outbreaks, especially among adolescents and young adults. To better

By Lily Hautau, CNN (CNN) — While most youth around the world are happier today than they were 20 years ago, it’s not true for the United States, other English-speaking countries and parts of Western Europe. That’s according to the latest World Happiness Report, which is released annually on the International Day of Happiness, designated

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — A social media post from the US Food and Drug Administration this week shows a big-eyed macaque staring out from behind bars. “Some drugs use 144 monkeys on average for preclinical testing,” the post says. “We’re changing that.” Animal testing has been a target of the Trump administration’s Make

By Sarah Owermohle, Jen Christensen, Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The future of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s panel of vaccine advisers is unclear, even among its recently appointed members. On Monday, a federal judge temporarily blocked the US Department of Health and Human Services’ overhaul of the vaccine schedule and ruled

By Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN (CNN) — Interested in boosting your longevity? All you may have to do is vary your exercise. Switching between activities such as walking, swimming, yoga, gardening and pickleball could result in a whopping 19% decrease in your chance of death from all causes, according to recent research. “A 19% decrease

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — At the end of a seemingly ubiquitous commercial for telehealth company Ro, a characteristically flabbergasted Charles Barkley speaks for us all when he remarks, “Wait, you’re telling me they have a GLP-1 pill for weight loss now?” They do – and it turns out to be as wildly popular

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — One major benefit of taking injected GLP-1 medications is a sizeable reduction in risk for heart attacks, strokes and other heart problems. However, if people stop taking the medication, those heart benefits are erased. A large new study has found that heart risks begin to return as soon as