Where you live may affect your fertility, a new study suggests. People who live in economically deprived neighborhoods are about 20% less likely to conceive,…
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For peak performance, school-age children need more than a healthy diet and exercise. They also need plenty of sleep. A new study finds that elementary…
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Folks with young kids at home may be less likely than others to develop severe COVID-19, a new study suggests. Children bring home colds from…
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Whether it’s fact or brag, tweets suggest people ate healthier during COVID lockdowns and restaurant closures, a new study finds. Tweets about healthy foods rose…
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Sometimes it’s difficult for parents to get their child to take necessary medication. One expert who spends part of her workday guiding parents through this…
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Your daily walk, cleaning the house and lunch with friends could together be keys to staving off dementia, according to researchers. A new study looked…
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Your fitness tracker, pedometer or smartwatch may motivate you to exercise more and lose weight, Australian researchers say. In a large research review, the investigators…
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Middle-aged people could add years to their lives just by getting off the couch and going for a walk every day — though it wouldn’t…
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Parents have had to wait a long time to have access to a COVID-19 vaccine for their kids under the age of 5, but a…
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That phrase “no pain, no gain” might truly apply to people with peripheral artery disease (PAD), a new study finds. Researchers found that people with…
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Living next to nature may improve the function of little lungs. Researchers studying kids’ exposure to green space found that those who had vegetation near…
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They are called “forever chemicals” because they linger in the human body and can contribute to the risk of everything from cancer to childhood obesity.…
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