Stress from work doesn’t always stay at the office — and it may be affecting more than just your mood.  A new study finds that your dog may be picking up on it, too, especially if you...

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Dr. Robert Jarvik, the man behind the world’s first permanent artificial heart used in a human, has died.  He was 79, The New York Times reported. His wife, writer Marilyn vos Savant, said he died Monday at...

Federal health officials have pulled back a key recommendation that pregnant women get the COVID-19 vaccine — causing sharp criticism from doctors and other experts. The announcement came Tuesday from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F....

Hormel Foods is recalling more than 256,000 pounds of its Dinty Moore Beef Stew amid reports that wood fragments were found in some cans, according to U.S. health officials. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and...

Skies choked with wildfire smoke can affect people’s heart and lung health for up to three months afterwards, a new study says. The particle pollution created by wildfires continues to increase people’s risk of hospitalization for months...

Twice as many Americans now face the increased risk of death that comes from having both high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes, a new study reports. About 12% of the U.S. population had high blood pressure...

Eight times more young Americans are taking antiretroviral meds to protect them from HIV infection than a decade ago, a new study says. About 208 of every 100,000 U.S. young adults were using pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP,...

A parent’s instincts regarding their child’s health usually are right on the money, even when they’ve taken the child to an ER, a new study says. Parental worry over a kid’s deteriorating health strongly predicts how critically...

The mentally scarred, deeply depressed combat veteran is an indelible stereotype promoted by movies and TV. The post-traumatic stress and despair that some suffer following military deployment have prompted concerns that service members are highly vulnerable to...