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Toss or save? How to avoid food poisoning over the holidays
Liliboas/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- With the holidays approaching, many are looking forward to feasting with family and friends. Gatherings often bring a lot of homemade favorites -- steaming turkey, g...
Dec 22, 2023
Five tips on how to maintain health and wellness during the holiday season
Somyot Techapuwapat/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As the holidays arrive and people attend gatherings with family and loved ones, many will stray from their daily routines but maintaining your health is p...
Dec 22, 2023
Federal judge says research can't be used to link acetaminophen to autism, ADHD
George Frey/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The 440 lawsuits brought against the makers of Tylenol and generic acetaminophen do not have "admissible evidence" to show that prenatal exposu...
Dec 20, 2023
Recalled applesauce contaminated with lead linked to more than 200 cases: CDC
Jamie Grill/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- After a monthslong investigation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration into applesauce pouches tainted with lead, the agency suspects the contaminated products...
Dec 20, 2023
COVID variant JN.1 listed as ‘variant of interest’ by World Health Organization
Scott Olson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A COVID variant known as JN.1 has been listed as a separate "variant of interest" by the World Health Organization (WHO). The omicron sub variant was previou...
Dec 19, 2023
Some people opt to pause drugs used for weight loss over the holidays. Is it safe?
bymuratdeniz/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- For many people, the holiday season is a time of holiday feasting, from dinners to cocktail parties and special desserts. Amid all the celebrating, some people l...
Dec 19, 2023
'Winter blues' season is here: Experts share tips for using a lamp to help with seasonal affective disorder
Cavan Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The "winter blues" season is upon us. As our exposure to daylight decreases over the winter months, millions of Americans suffer each year from the effects of se...
Dec 19, 2023
'Traumatized': One woman's pregnancy journey becomes a nightmare in post-Roe America
Maskot/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Meagan and her husband Jon considered their wedding day, in April 2022, to be the best day of their lives. A year later, the Wisconsin couple believed they had topped ...
Dec 18, 2023
What to know about ketamine therapy after Matthew Perry's cause of death announced
Matthew Perry attends the GQ Men of the Year Party 2022 at The West Hollywood EDITION on November 17, 2022 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for GQ)(NEW YORK) -- An...
Dec 18, 2023
Researchers find possible cause of morning sickness: What this means for pregnant women
LWA/Dann Tardif/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- For the first time, researchers say they’ve found a possible cause of one of the most common, and life-interrupting, symptoms of pregnancy: morning sick...
Dec 14, 2023