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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — When Hannah was 7 years old, she told her parents she didn’t want to be afraid of food anymore. She had stopped wanting to go to Girl Scouts, birthday parties, restaurants, family celebrations and even the dinner table. Food was everywhere, and it gave her a lot of anxiety,

By Maya Davis, CNN (CNN) — Amy Pietrafitta has learned to walk seven times. First was as a child and then after an industrial burn led to the amputation of her left leg in 2018. Since then, she’s had “first steps” in prosthetic legs for running, water, high heels, rowing and everyday walking. Her latest

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s note: “Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports: The Last Alzheimer’s Patient” airs at 8 p.m. ET Sunday, July 7, on CNN. With another pricey Alzheimer’s disease treatment expected to receive an approval decision soon, the nonprofit Alzheimer’s Association has published the final version of its new diagnostic criteria for the disease.

By Shannon Carpenter, CNN (CNN) — My 18-year-old daughter’s coming out story does not belong to me. Even though I was there three years ago, and it is a core memory for me, it’s not mine to tell. It’s hers, and she wants to tell it. So, I’m going to sit back and let her

By Andrea Kane, CNN (CNN) — Think back to when you were a kid and movement was instinctive — and often infused with pure joy. Maybe it was racing your sister and dad to the front door. Or jumping on the bed with friends during a sleepover. Or playing a team sport. Or riding your

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — New test results released by the US Food and Drug Administration on Friday found that bird flu virus is making its way from dairy farms and into milk processing plants but also confirmed that the commonly used flash pasteurization method fully neutralizes the virus. The FDA collected and tested

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Let’s say you need to wake up by 7 a.m. to get to work on time. So you set your first smartphone alarm for 6:30 a.m., your second at 6:45 a.m. and your third at 6:55 a.m. to avoid the snooze button. And you throw in 7:05 a.m. just

By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Dengue virus is the most common mosquito-spread virus globally, but generally relatively rare in the continental United States. However, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned this week about a higher-than-expected number of dengue cases among US travelers — 745 cases through June 24 — as well

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Covid-19 levels have been rising in the United States for weeks as new variants drive what’s become an annual summer surge. Covid-19 surveillance has been scaled back significantly since the US public health emergency ended more than a year ago — individual cases are no longer counted, and severe

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Chicago native Jeffrey Odwazny says he has been addicted to ultraprocessed food since he was a child. “I was driven to eat and eat and eat, and while I would overeat healthy food, what really got me were the candies, the cakes, the pies, the ice cream,” said the 54-year-old

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Lonely isn’t just how many people are around – it’s how you feel. And it may impact your stroke risk, according to a new study. In fact, older adults who reported being chronically lonely had a 56% higher risk of stroke than those who were consistently rated low on

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — While a shortage of the chemotherapy drugs cisplatin and carboplatin has improved in the United States, some of the nation’s largest cancer centers now report additional concerns related to drug shortages, a new report finds. Among 28 large cancer centers across the country, 89% reported last month that at

By Maya Davis, CNN (CNN) — Consumers looking to cool off this summer are advised to avoid popular ice cream products from brands including Friendly’s, Hershey’s and Chipwich due to possible Listeria contamination, according to a recall announced Monday Totally Cool, Inc recalled ice cream products from over a dozen brands distributed through retail stores

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — More water, please. Millions of Americans are experiencing a record-breaking heat wave that has continued for days on end. We know that keeping hydrated is important to staying healthy in the summer heat, but is water still the best drink during a heat wave? Or should people turn to