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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The popularity of cannabis continues to rise in 2026, with statistics showing that around 15% of Americans are current users, and more than 22% have used it sometime in the past year. As more people cut out alcohol amid the Dry January …

W.W. Norton We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In his new book, “Eat Your Ice Cream: Six Simple Rules For a Long and Healthy Life” (to be published Tuesday by W.W. Norton & Co.), Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, an oncologist and health policy expert, …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Adults who consider themselves “night owls” tend to score lower in cardiovascular health assessments and face a higher risk of heart attack or stroke. That’s according to a new study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association, which examined how …

Traci Hurley says watching her husband battle cancer in late 2021 was harrowing. “It was heartbreaking, and it was awful,” she said. “I lived in fear every day.” A battle made worse, she says, because so many of the skirmishes were with their insurance company. “No family should have to …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A common vitamin found in everyday foods may play a role in how often people go to the bathroom, according to a large new study. Researchers found evidence that vitamin B1, also known as thiamine, is linked to gut motility, which is …

Avid Reader Press We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. Broadcasting superstar Oprah Winfrey, who has struggled with weight for much of her life, and Dr. Ania Jastreboff, of the Yale School of Medicine, have teamed up to examine the biology of obesity, offering …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Nail-biting, procrastination and avoidance are often framed as bad habits we can’t control, but a new psychology book argues that they’re more like survival strategies that may have once protected us. In “Controlled Explosions in Mental Health,” clinical psychologist Dr. Charlie Heriot-Maitland …

The largest nurses strike in New York City history is underway after negotiators for five major hospitals and the state nurses union failed to agree to a new contract by Monday’s deadline.  The New York State Nurses Association said nearly 15,000 nurses are now walking off their jobs at five privately-run hospitals, …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! New developments in artificial intelligence could use sleep data to predict disease risk, a new study suggests. Stanford Medicine researchers have developed an AI model trained on nearly 600,000 hours of sleep data collected from over 60,000 participants at various sleep clinics. …

When Kassidy Hooter learned in December how much her health insurance costs were going to rise this year, she went into panic mode.  The Shreveport, Louisiana, resident and mother of three knew she urgently needed care — Hooter is in the final trimester of a high-risk pregnancy. But the family …