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Science has shown, time and again, that what really benefits older adults (and younger ones, too) is maintaining some sort of social connection. As it turns out, staying social can have a benefit you never knew about.

Advice from the medical community has long told us that, for our best health, we should eat a colorful diet. There's one fruit that fits that bill and is packed full of nutritional goodness that you may be missing — and it's in season right now.

With cold and flu season approaching, it's a good time to restock your home medicine cabinet with pain relievers, cough medicines, and cold aids to avoid running low when you're not feeling well, medical experts say.

If the chaotic state of existence otherwise known as '2020' is stressing you out, you're certainly not alone. In fact, one in three Americans is experiencing anxiety, and a total of 40 percent of the U.S. population has suffered from mental health struggles.

Pregnancy can be a real headache, all right — quite literally, since headaches, as well as other bodily aches and pains, are a symptom experienced by many expectant moms. Unfortunately, you can't always cure said headache just by reaching for your trusty bottle of ibuprofen.

Well, you might not be too thrilled to hear it, but if you've come to dread election season, medical science has found some hard facts to back up your fears. It seems that the more stressed out the election is making you feel, the more danger you're in of suffering dangerous health consequences.

If you've purchased any disposable wipes, particularly the flushable kind, you'll want to check your cabinets right away.

A study showed that women receive better health care in states classified as 'less restrictive' regarding reproductive healthcare access, and that those women gave birth to healthier babies who were likely to be at a lower risk of complications such as breathing difficulties and infection.

Even if you're not fond of needles, trying acupuncture before surgery can significantly reduce your pain afterward, according to a new study presented before the American Society of Anesthesiologists in Chicago, Illinois.

We can point a finger at the coronavirus for a lot of changes in our daily lives. But if your eyes have felt inflamed for weeks and you're more congested than usual this fall, climate change is the real culprit, allergy specialists say.

American adults are drinking more during the coronavirus pandemic, with women and people ages 30 to 59, in particular, consuming more alcoholic beverages.

Dying because of a heart attack is much less common than it used to be in the 1970s and 1980s. ut according to a recent report, of the people who do die from this condition, a disproportionate number are women.

If you want to exercise outdoors but still maintain a socially safe distance because of COVID-19, get ready to roll. More people are strapping on in-line skates and roller skates long thought to be a tired fad of decades past.

If you are taking a type of thyroid medication called NP Thyroid, made by Acella Pharmaceutical, you need to be aware that the manufacturer is recalling one lot each of both the 15 mg and 120 mg versions of this drug.

If your bed has morphed into your part-time office as a result of the pandemic, it may be time to relocate to a quiet corner — turns out, good sleep hygiene is a must for keeping our weight in check.

There are apps that can address a number of issues, including helping you with your mental health or your weight loss goals — and even assisting you to kick the smoking habit. Some of these, though, work better than others. Why is that?

Now we bring you joyous news: you can add to the already lengthy list of things you never thought to worry about before this year the fact that, according to one New York dentist, the pandemic has been seriously detrimental to our teeth.

Back to school, this year, was an easier trip for some kids, since all they had to do was shuffle a few steps to their computer. As classes resume via Zoom, there are numerous benefits. There are, however, certain concerns students are now having to deal with that may impact their mental health.

TikTok is all about offering advice as well as entertainment, but some of the advice isn't always the greatest. Now there's a new TikTok video that has over a million views and nearly 90,000 likes to date that shows a young woman using a mask made of crushed aspirin to clean her face.

Once marketed as a way to stop smoking cigarettes, vaping has come under increasing scrutiny from the CDC and FDA over the last couple of years. There has been some promising news, though, about teens and their vaping habits.

We're doing a worse job now at controlling hypertension than we have in years, according to findings presented at an American Heart Association virtual conference. Considering that we're now in a pandemic, this is especially troubling.

With fall fast approaching and fitness centers re-opening across the country, many of us may be thinking of heading back to the gym. But is it safe?

New Jersey already had ticks, as numerous pets and unhappy campers can attest. But you can never have too many tick species — or rather, you can, since one species is more than enough, thank you very much. And yet, here it comes, the Carios kelleyi, aka bat tick.

Now that many kids' new version of "back to school" means back in their bedrooms, a teacher droning on over Zoom, they're missing out recess and lunch with school pals. For some kids, this is having an unexpected benefit — they may be getting more sleep these days.

A famous mask advocate is Kaley Cuoco, who, when posting a video of her workout routine to Instagram, was seen to be wearing one throughout the 1 minute 20-second clip that showed her jumping rope. This drew a lot of negative comments, though.

While the quarantine period was hard on all of us, leaving us holed up at home right when spring was springing and we all wanted to be out and about, it did have one surprising upside. We're talking about all of the quality time you got to spend with your pets.

Canada's Chief Public Health Officer has plenty to say on the hot topic of whether, when, and how you should be doing the deed during this period of pandemic.