As one gets older, the list of potential health and beauty complaints grows. AARP has done a yeoman's job of documenting those complaint...

A substantial percentage of the nation's school children have experienced stressful life events, according to an analysis by the Nationa...

It's a common refrain and for good reason. Millions of Americans have back pain, according to the National Center for Health Statistics—...

This is no joke, according to the CDC. Each year, 7,500 mushroom incidents are reported to poison control centers in the United States. To g...

The coronavirus is having a negative impact on the mental health of Americans, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Pol...

It's not just folklore but fact. Colds are more common in winter than in the summer, according to the 2018 National Health Interview Sur...

The prevalence of Covid-19 varies greatly by metropolitan area, according to an analysis by Joe Cortright the director of  City Observatory ...

Rising concerns about coronavirus are being captured by survey researchers while they are in the field. According to Pew Research Center sur...

Way back in 2018, before The Age of Social Distancing, the threat of a pandemic barely registered in the public's mind. Pandemic ranked ...

One in five Americans (19 percent) wears a fitness tracker, such as a Fitbit or Apple Watch, according to a Gallup survey. Women are more li...

The 61 percent majority of American adults report having endured at least one adverse childhood experience, according to the CDC. This findi...

Rabies is one of the most fearsome and feared diseases. More than 99 percent fatal, the symptoms of those infected with rabies are so fright...

Education leads to better health for reasons not fully understood. An Urban Institute study takes a closer look at health disparities by edu...

Only 27 percent of Americans aged 18 or older say they have a pre-existing condition, according to a Gallup poll. Among people aged 65 or ol...

There's a reason you see so many people walking down the street with yoga mats. Millions of Americans practice yoga, according to a Nati...

Among the nation's high school students, 15 percent report having experienced at least one concussion during the past year, according to...

Diabetes has become a common health condition among older Americans, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Overall, 8.8 pe...

With defined-benefit pensions a thing of the past for most retirees, many older Americans are working longer to allow their retirement savin...

Nearly half of Americans (47%) took at least one prescription drug in the past 30 days, according to the 2011–14 National Health and Nutriti...

The larger and more dense the urban county, the greater the percentage of residents who practice healthy habits, according to a study by the...