Health

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Here are the symptoms and signs of breast cancer, and how you can lower your risk.

Apple cider is right there with pumpkin spice as the quintessential fall treat, but health experts recommend taking one quick step before you tip back a glass with your favorite foods.

Scott Mautz, a former senior executive, has spent 30 years studying what makes people mentally strong. Here’s how parents can help kids build mental strength.

U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates dipped last year and the proportion of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high.

Even as breast cancer mortality falls, breast cancer diagnoses are rising, especially among younger women and Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

Proceeds of the sherpas featuring the NBA and WNBA logos turned pink go to the Basser Center for BRCA research.

The suicide rate among teens in our state is up, according to a recent report from the Office of the Child Advocate. This year, there have been 12 teen suicides. That’s twice as many as there were in 2023. The report also reveals teen suicides also spiked over the summer in Connecticut. Since Aug. 1, seven teenagers, between the ages…...

Under the new law, the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol will be designated as Schedule IV controlled substances.

Rwanda says that eight people have died so far from the highly contagious Marburg virus.

The first locally acquired case of an emerging tick-borne disease has been reported in Connecticut. The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station said this is the first locally acquired human case of Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis in Connecticut and it’s also the first report of the disease in the northeast. Dr. Peter Krause, a Yale senior rese...

One out of 3 Gen Z men in the U.S. are turning to social media for their health information, according to a recent survey from the Cleveland Clinic.

Former Vikings quarterback Tommy Kramer says he has been diagnosed with dementia and was inspired to share the news after Brett Favre revealed he has Parkinson’s disease.

A third of teens and young adults in the U.S. can’t afford or otherwise access menstrual products, according to new research from Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C.

The twice-daily pill, Cobenfy, is a badly needed new treatment option for the nearly 3 million adults in the U.S. living with schizophrenia.