There were breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease and sleep apnea.
The new year is a time when many try to start new good habits and commit to improving health and wellness. This year, The Associated Press got the downlow on all manner of health and wellness claims and fads.
Only 40% of adults meet criteria for obesity when BMI alone is used.
Added sugars are difficult to quickly spot because many companies use clever marketing to distract consumers, said Nicole Avena, a professor of neuroscience and psychiatry at Mount Sinai Medical School and Princeton University who has studied added sugars. Avena said while some health-forward brands know people are starting to become aware of the hazards of added sugars, "a lot of the bigger brands don’t worry so much about people’s health.” The average American consumes 17 grams of added suga
Perseverance helps people achieve goals and is linked with well-being. But combined with chronic societal stressors, it can lead to cognitive overload that puts a strain on brain health.
By blaming chronic disease and disability on food and toxins, and ‘just asking questions’ about widely accepted science, MAHA discounts the government’s responsibility for meeting disabled peoples’ needs.
The flu season is hitting in full force, especially in New York, Colorado and Louisiana, where flu-like activity is very high, according to the CDC.
What you do in the years leading up to menopause can help counter the natural hormonal effects of aging, setting you up for a healthier transition.
Recent federal scrutiny of an additive in some vaccines — aluminum salts — offers a clue about what’s to come under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s leadership.
Vaccine hesitancy isn’t a moral failure – it’s a property of a system in which people must balance personal and collective interests.