You might not notice a pinch of salt missing from your bread, sandwich or pizza, but your body definitely will, according to a pair of new European studies.

Efforts to lower sodium levels in packaged and prepared foods are expected to improve heart health in both France and the U.K., researchers write in the February issue of the journal <... Full Page

Early treatment can help most non-speaking children with autism gain some verbal ability, a new study says.

Following early intervention, about two-thirds of non-speaking kids with autism gained the ability to use single words, researchers recently reported in the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.

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Red light therapy might be able to protect football players from brain damage caused by frequent head impacts, a new small-scale study says.

College football players treated with red light therapy over the course of a season wound up with much less brain inflammation than others provided a placebo treatment, researchers recently reported i... Full Page

Health officials across parts of Asia are stepping up disease checks after several people in India were diagnosed with Nipah virus, a rare but deadly infection that can spread from animals to humans.

So far, five people have tested positive, Thai officials confirmed. India’s National Center for Disease Control said the outbreak is &l... Full Page

A growing recall of specialty date-sweetened chocolates is now affecting more products across the U.S., after testing found possible Salmonella contamination.

Spring & Mulberry announced Jan. 14 that it has expanded its voluntary recall to include several additional chocolate flavors. 

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Many children’s doctors say they will follow vaccine guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) narrowed its own recommendations this month.

On Monday, the AAP updated its recommendations for what shots kids should get. While the changes were small, includin... Full Page

Lighting a fire on a cold winter night can feel cozy. But a new study suggests it may also harm your health, even if you don’t burn the wood yourself.

Researchers at Northwestern University found that home wood burning is responsible for about 22% of outdoor fine particle pollution (PM2.5) during winter across the U.S.

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The United States is more vulnerable to future outbreaks, pandemics and health crises due to a breakdown in federal disease tracking, a new study says.

Nearly half of once-routinely updated health surveillance databases maintained by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stopped or delayed updates in 2025, researchers r... Full Page

Heavy drinking increases a person’s risk of colon cancer over their lifetime, a new study says.

People who routinely have 14 or more drinks a week have a higher risk of colon and rectal cancer compared to those who partake in little to no alcohol, researchers reported Jan. 26 in the journal Cancer.

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People who don’t get enough exercise are more likely to be stressed out by middle age, a new study warns.

Middle-aged adults had a higher risk of chronic stress if they consistently failed to meet minimum recommended levels of physical activity, researchers will report in the February issue of the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology... Full Page