Depression affects more than 16 million Americans who are 18 years and older.

Each year, between five and 20 percent of the population get the flu. It’s a respiratory illness that infects the nose, throat, and lungs.

No matter what your age, everyone is feeling the impact of months of disrupted routines, worry about their own health and that of their loved ones and economic uncertainty.

It may take days, even weeks before we know who our president will be for the next four years.

Gene replacement therapy. It’s a game-changer when it comes to treating life-threatening illnesses.

You probably know where you stand when it comes to voting in this year’s election.

Do kids understand reciprocity, the idea of returning a favor?

With Halloween coming up, people are looking to get their costumes ready.

Planning on going trick-or-treating this year?

If you cook a lot of rice—brown, white, basmati—there are many ways to fail. Mushy rice or a badly burned batch that leaves the pot hard to clean can be a problem. Rice cookers can come to the rescue, and Consumer Reports has advice on which ones to buy.

The pandemic has reunited many adults with their bicycles.

After months of working and learning from home, many families are settling into what has become the new normal.

Concern over COVID-19 has many people worrying about indoor air quality and whether an air purifier can help.

Air fryers, rice cookers, instant pots and sous vides are the trendiest kitchen appliances on the market, with a combined average of 15 million purchases a year.

Coronavirus is causing Americans to rethink their sanitization skills, but surprisingly, two cleaners are not better than one!

The recent wildfires in the U.S. have created hazardous air-quality conditions across vast stretches of land.

Work when you want, how you want, with whom you want—sounds great!

As many as one in four U.S. households has someone who suffers from migraines.

Have you bought yogurt lately? The choices seem endless, from international varieties like Greek, French, and Icelandic to plant-based yogurts and those made with almond or even oat milk.

For years, research has supported the benefits of breastfeeding.

With the endless possibilities of what can go wrong, surgery can be a frightening experience for many.

Forty percent of all Americans are now overweight.

According to a YouGov poll, a third of females and a quarter of males have been called ‘crazy’ or ‘insane’ in a serious manner by a romantic partner.

COVID-19 has turned the home-renting industry on its head with hosts dealing with unpredictable cancelations and guests finding very little options available on mainstream sites.

Did you know there are about 200 types of headaches? But even for severe ones like migraines and recurring tension headaches, you shouldn’t always reach for meds right away.

It’s called post-intensive care unit syndrome, or PICU and prior to the pandemic, many of us may never have heard of it.

Adenocarcinoma in the brain is most often cancer that has started in the lungs or the colon and spread. It is an aggressive, relentless disease.

Burning, tearing, blurry vision. About 16 million people in the U.S. suffer from dry eye disease. If left untreated, dry eye can cause irreversible damage.

The race to find a universal cure for COVID-19 is heating up. Now Vitamin D is making headlines as a possible factor to prevent and treat COVID-19.

The National Sleep Foundation recommends adults get at least seven hours of sleep a night to stay healthy.

One out of five infants and one out of ten children die every year waiting for a liver. But now, new breakthroughs are helping more children get the lifesaving liver they so desperately need.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Most believe genes and age are risk factors for cancer, but there are some other lesser-known factors.

When a nurse saw she was spending hours away from patients looking for the right tools, she decided to take matters into her own hands.

Is your teen speaking in code? What sounds innocent could be a cover-up for talking about sex or drugs.

About seven and a half million Americans have psoriasis and about 40% of those patients also have joint inflammation that produces painful arthritis symptoms.

The Census Bureau reports the average age a wife becomes a widow is 59 and the fact that half of those widows outlive their husbands by 15 to 30 years can leave many women without the money they need to survive.

About 170,000 women will undergo lumpectomy this year to remove a cancerous breast tumor, but about one in five will need a second surgery to remove lingering cancer cells.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. In 2019, nearly 20 people per minute were physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States.

Nearly half of adults in the U.S. have high blood pressure! Estimates show at least one in three Americans should be on blood pressure meds.

Fever, coughing, shortness of breath. These are common well-known symptoms of COVID-19. But the loss of smell and taste has many baffled.

Right now, the CDC says it does seem as though COVID-19 is more deadly than the seasonal flu, but that could change as researchers continue to analyze the data.

Every year eight million babies are born with genetic disorders passed down from generation to generation. One family didn’t even know they carried a problematic gene until an ultrasound revealed it in their unborn baby.

One mom took the internet by storm by writing an online article “The 25 Things I Want My Black Daughter to Know” turning it into a message of empowerment for little Black girls everywhere.

Unloved, abused, and neglected. One woman is on a mission to save unwanted farm animals.

Three point-eight million women in the U.S. are breast cancer survivors.

Although one in every 700 babies is born with it, Down syndrome is the least funded major genetic condition by the National Institutes of Health despite being the most frequent chromosomal disorder.

New numbers show that one out of 12 adults over the age of 25 will have a knee replacement sometime during their lifetime.

COVID-19 has changed everybody’s way of life, affecting jobs, homes and livelihoods. But now COVID-19 is threatening the heart of American society—free and fair elections.

For people with ankle arthritis, every step can be a struggle. When medication and bracing don’t bring relief, patients may look for surgical options.

According to the National Institutes of Health, the numbers of kids and adolescents struggling with anxiety, depression and other mental health conditions have been steadily on the rise.

Due to COVID-19, we’ve all felt the strain of isolation at some time or another, but people living alone, especially seniors, have felt the effects especially hard.

The uncertainty of the pandemic, job loss, isolation -- all of these are contributing to the increase of people feeling depressed, lonely and mentally unstable.

Gossip and rumors! They’re age-old issues that tweens and teens deal with.

HIPEC, or hot chemo, is a treatment for advanced abdominal cancers.

Science now shows that certain interactions between parents and children actually change the structure of their brains, improving their social and emotional skills into adulthood.

About 114,000 same-sex couples are raising kids in the U.S. Many wonder if these children adjust the same way as other kids.

According to the National Center for Health Statistics, 130 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose, and prescription opioids contribute to 35% of those deaths.

Catheters are one of the most commonly used medical devices in the country with five million central venous catheters and more than 30 million urinary catheters used each year.