(NEW YORK) -- Cassidy Perrone said that the day she learned that her unborn daughter would be stillborn was one of the most heart-wrenching moments in her life, and even more difficult was delivering Olivia after 37 weeks of pregnancy. "I had to come home to my house with a…
(NEW YORK) -- Americans are set to change their clocks back to standard time overnight on Sunday, which some doctors say should be permanent. "Fixed national time is the best option as it most closely matches the human sleep-wake cycle," said New York-based clinical psychiatrist Yalda Safai in an email…
(NEW YORK) -- The Matthew Perry Foundation has been announced and is founded in the "realization of Matthew's enduring commitment to helping others struggling with the disease of addiction." "In the spirit of Matthew Perry's enduring commitment to helping others struggling with the disease of addiction, we embark on a…
(NEW YORK) -- More than 40% of adults in the United States are unaware they have -- and therefore are not being treated for -- high cholesterol, according to a new study. For the study, published in JAMA Cardiology, researchers from institutions in New York, Texas, Louisiana, Pakistan and Egypt…
(WASHINGTON) -- Tobacco use has decreased among U.S. high school students, primarily with a drop in the use of e-cigarettes, but is on the rise among middle schoolers, according to a new federal report. The study, published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food…
(NEW YORK) -- Tobacco use has decreased among U.S. high school students, primarily with a drop in the use of e-cigarettes, but is on the rise among middle schoolers, according to a new federal report. The study, published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S.…
(NEW YORK) -- As the United States heads into the cold-weather months, respiratory virus season has also arrived, with cases of influenza and COVID-19 likely to increase. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) currently recommends that everyone 6 months and older stay up-to-date and get a flu vaccine…
(NEW YORK) -- Brooke Shields has revealed she recently experienced a seizure, a medical event that sent her to the hospital, which she hadn't previously spoken about publicly until now. The actor, supermodel and author said in a Glamour interview published Wednesday that she had a seizure one evening before…
(NEW YORK) -- A 14-year-old student has created a new kind of soap that he hopes could potentially be used to treat skin cancer someday. Heman Bekele, a high school student in Fairfax, Virginia, says it costs only $8.50 to create a batch of 20 bars of the soap, which…
(NEW YORK) -- After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, supporters of abortion rights came out on top in every statewide ballot measure on abortion. And even in races where abortion was only implicitly on the ballot, abortion rights generally won out. This year, abortion is literally…
