Health

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Alleged text exchanges between actor Jonah Hill and his former girlfriend, surfer Sarah Brady, have sparked conversation about the potential harms of therapy speak when misused and the concept of “gaslighting” — a popular buzzword among those in the mental health community and its enthusiasts. Gaslighting is so commonly discussed

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Fifty-year-old psychologist Dennis Deer’s lungs were failing, scarred by a rare inflammatory condition called polymyositis. Despite carrying supplemental oxygen, the Cook County Commissioner for the 2nd district in Illinois was finding it harder and harder to perform his job. “It was terrible. I would walk 10 steps and I

By Giri Viswanathan, CNN (CNN) — Dr. Georges Benjamin was shocked when he got his vitals checked before undergoing cataract surgery. His blood pressure, it seemed, had skyrocketed. But after a second check from the blood pressure machine, and taking his own blood pressure at home, it had returned to much more acceptable levels. The

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Back when Kody Kinsley was in high school, he was so dedicated to boosting the US blood supply that he helped run blood drives. But Monday will be the first time as an adult that Kinsley — now the secretary of North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services

By Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN (CNN) — Prior to filming our first documentary on cannabis a decade ago, I was highly skeptical about its use as a medicine. I had even written a story for Time magazine a few years earlier to make the case that the evidence simply wasn’t there. But, as so often happens when

CNN By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the medication zuranolone for the treatment of postpartum depression – making it the first FDA-approved oral pill in the United States specifically for postpartum depression, a serious mental illness that can develop in about 1 in 7 new mothers after

By Catherine E. Shoichet and Parker Leipzig, CNN (CNN) — Edith Heyck didn’t expect she’d be 72 years old and living alone. “I always thought I’d be married,” she says. “I was definitely raised to be a wife, and I never imagined I’d be on my own.” Heyck, an artist and part-time park manager in

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the medication zuranolone for the treatment of postpartum depression – making it the first FDA-approved oral pill in the United States specifically for postpartum depression, a serious mental illness that can develop in about 1 in 7 new mothers after childbirth.

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — If you have that person in your life who drags you into their unending drama, games or conflicts, there may be an answer. Become a “gray rock.” Gray rocking is a strategy to deal with narcissists — those who depend on feeling important or special — and it essentially

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — It’s been more than two years since the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared racism a public health threat, and a new study gives a stark look at just how pervasive racial and ethnic disparities are in the United States. Researchers tracked US mortality data across nearly

By Brenda Goodman and John Bonifield, CNN (CNN) — All infants under 8 months of age should get a new antibody shot to protect against severe respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, according a recommendation from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A panel of independent experts that advises the agency – the Advisory

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Millions of children are heading to school in August during the worst heat wave in recorded human history. Children in Atlanta and San Bernardino, California, kicked off their school year this week in temperatures well above 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius). “We start to get into really dangerous

CNN By Faye Chiu, CNN (CNN) — Recent data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that a summer surge of Covid-19 could be underway, although not as significant as in past summers. By some measures, the number of coronavirus infections is rising, along with test positivity, emergency department visits and — most alarmingly — hospital