Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Valerie Bertinelli says ditching the scale 'immensely' improved her mental health
Dominik Bindl/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Valerie Bertinelli is opening up about mental health. In a first-person essay published by New Beauty magazine on April 4, the actress and Food Network host rev...
Apr 08, 2022
Alcohol linked to greater risk of cancer in women: What to know
Guido Mieth/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- From sayings like "mommy juice" and "rosé all day" to happy hours, drinking is part of American culture, particularly for women. One thing that is less dis...
Apr 07, 2022
COVID-19 infection increases risk of serious blood clots 3 to 6 months later: Study
EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Being infected with COVID-19 raises the risk of developing serious blood clots, a new study suggests. An international team of researchers from Sweden...
Apr 06, 2022
Fentanyl overdose survivor tells her story: 'I was a lucky one. I gotta make it worth it'
ABC(BOULDER, Colo.) -- Last September, Ryan Christoff found his then 16-year-old daughter barely breathing in their home near Boulder, Colorado. Little did he know at the time, but his daughter was su...
Apr 06, 2022
Serena Williams says she had to advocate to save her life after giving birth
ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Tennis superstar Serena Williams is describing in her own words the life-threatening complications she faced while giving birth to her daughter, and how ...
Apr 06, 2022
Tommy and Dee Hilfiger share advice on raising kids on the autism spectrum
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- April is Autism Acceptance Month, a time to embrace the differences of people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a developmental disability that impacts roughly one in 44 child...
Apr 06, 2022
Mom launches online art group for mental health
Courtesy Angie Carel(NEW YORK) -- A mom of four from Indiana went from giving drawing prompts to her daughters to thousands of strangers online, inadvertently creating a community of what she describe...
Apr 06, 2022
Feds halt monoclonal treatment out of omicron subvariant BA.2 concerns
Gerard Bottino/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Nationwide distribution of one of the last remaining monoclonal antibody treatments is being paused "effective immediately" since...
Apr 05, 2022
COVID-19 has had 'devastating and disproportionate' impact on poorest Americans, report finds
Carol Yepes/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As the nation approaches the grim milestone of 1 million lives confirmed lost to COVID-19, a new report reveals the "devastating and disproportionate" impact of t...
Apr 05, 2022
Cold and flu cases rise as pre-pandemic activity returns
The Good Brigade/Getty Images(NEW YORK) --Through lockdowns, remote working, travel restrictions and school closures -- many have not had a cold in two years. Now cold and flu rates appear to be on th...
Apr 05, 2022