Health A-Z News & Features
- Smart Appliances and Your Health
New high-tech devices can track everything from your sleep quality to diet, and report them to your doctor.
- The Role of Augmented Reality in Medicine
You may have used augmented reality and not realized it. It merges virtual images with the real world, including real objects and real people, and it may find its way into the primary care clinic, operating room, emergency room, and dental office.
- What Can Health Apps Do for You?
How can apps on your phone or your wearable device help you improve your health? Learn how health apps can affect the future of health care.
- Wearable Health Devices: Is There One in Your Future?
Can your smartwatch help you improve your health? Find out how wearable devices are used to help people track their health.
- Talking to Your Kids About ADPKD
What you need to know when you talk to your children and you have ADPKD. Find out what to say and how to have those conversations.
- Virologists: What Do They Do?
Virologists are highly skilled medical experts who manage the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of infectious diseases such as hepatitis C, Ebola, and now COVID-19. Learn more about them.
- Innovative Businesses Help the Homeless
Innovative organizations around the U.S. provide unhoused people with second chances at life through job opportunities, health education, long-term housing, and more. Read about a few of them.
- Steph Curry Turns Focus to Kids During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Steph Curry and wife Ayesha support nutrition, education and physical activity for kids in Oakland through their foundation, including donating meals during the coronavirus pandemic.
- Take 10 With Daveed Diggs
Singer and actor Daveed Diggs answers 10 questions.
- Common Lab Test Changes You Should Know
A doctor's visit often includes a stop at the lab for blood tests. But the last few years have brought changes to how some common lab tests are done.
- Neil Patrick Harris and Family Deliver Love With Food
Neil Patrick Harris talks about his family, his career, and his support of God's Love We Deliver.
- Take 10 With Millicent Simmonds
10 questions with actor Millicent Simmonds.
- Breaking the Ultrasound Barrier
Focused ultrasound is an FDA-approved treatment for essential tremor and is approved to treat Parkinson's disease outside the U.S. It’s also making waves in research into breast cancer, diabetes, and mental illnesses like severe depression.
- How Tim McGraw Turned His Health Around
Ten years ago, too many beers too much junk food caught up with Tim McGraw, to the tune of 40 extra pounds. Read how he bounced back, gradually, and how he wants to inspire others.
- 10 Questions for Bear Grylls
Outdoor adventurist and television host Bear Grylls talks about staying fit, dealing with anxiety, how fatherhood has changed him, and what’s new in his “Running Wild” TV series.
- Girl With Cerebral Palsy Takes 1st Unassisted Steps
A Texas mom is calling her young daughter her hero after the 6-year-old took her first steps without a walker or braces -- and video of the emotional moment has gone viral.
- 10 Questions for Marie Osmond
Singer, actor, author, and philanthropist Marie Osmond talks about joining The Talk (It's a dream job!), being a mother to eight children, her weight loss, and her legacy.
- How to Plan Now for Your Future Health Needs
Make financial decisions about your health care while you are healthy. Don't wait until you have a health emergency, when you won't be able to think things through thoroughly.
- What Malcolm Gladwell Learned Talking to Strangers
Author, journalist, and podcaster Malcolm Gladwell talks about how to tell when people are being truthful, why doctors need more face time with patients, and what his running routine does for him.
- Deep Medicine: Can AI Help Your Doctor 'Get' You?
Cardiologist Eric Topol talks about how "deep medicine," which uses artificial intelligence to promote understanding, learning, and empathy, can make doctors better know what their patients need.
- Crowdsourcing to Fund Rare Disease Research
Some families decide to fund treatment research and development themselves as they race against time to find a cure for diseases that are too rare to be notice by big drug companies.
- This Nurse and Organ Donor Got a Hero’s Goodbye
Hospital employees honor a late co-worker -- a nurse who'd worked in health care for 39 years -- who donated her organs.
- The Importance of Screening Tests
People can miss screening tests they need as they get older. Talk to your doctor about these four tests to help lessen your risk of certain health conditions.
- Chris Hemsworth Is an Everyday Superhero
“Thor” star Chris Hemsworth talks about fitness, family, anxiety, and why every child deserves the type of support, care, and love that he got from his parents.
- 10 Questions for Common
Award-winning actor and musician Common answers questions about love, family, health, and what he likes most about acting.
- 10 Questions With Caterina Scorsone
10 Questions With Caterina Scorsone
- Emma Thompson Reflects on Life, Loss, and Resilience
At 60, Academy Award-winning actor and screenwriter Emma Thompson wonders what's next: "How do I feel about dying? Am I ready to look at that?"
- Trevor Noah Raises His Voice for Others
Comedian Trevor Noah speaks up about charity, his health, success, reverence for education, and the “beautiful dance” of luck and hard work.
- 10 Questions for Josh Gad
Actor, producer, and writer Josh Gad shares his personal health philosophy, and he talks about fatherhood, his anxiety, and animating characters.
- How Artificial Intelligence Helps in Health Care
Artificial intelligence is here, and it's fundamentally changing medicine. Read how it has affected things like personalized care, and see what a critic has to say.
- Padma Lakshmi Sheds Light on Endometriosis
Padma Lakshmi, the author, entrepreneur, and Emmy-nominated host of Bravo TV’s Top Chef, talks about her long journey to discovering her endometriosis and her role as an advocate.
- 10 Questions for Tyler Perry
As he says goodbye to Madea, his signature character, Tyler Perry reflects on his family, success, giving back, and how he stays healthy.
- One-Handed NFL Star Lifts Spirits -- and a Toddler
Seattle Seahawks star Shaquem Griffin aims to inspire children like Joseph who have a limb difference.
- Groom Rises From Wheelchair to Dance With Bride
A groom rises from his wheelchair to dance with his bride.
- 10 Questions for Taye Diggs
As he looks forward to a new TV series, actor and author Taye Diggs talks about his family, health struggles, aging, and being a dad.
- Lin-Manuel Miranda Gets the Job Done
Like Alexander Hamilton, his famous Broadway theater role, Lin-Manuel Miranda pushes forward with relentless speed and bottomless good cheer, juggling multiple projects and committed outreach to people in need -- but he also finds time to just breathe.
- 10 Questions for Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Sports analyst and retired race car driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. talks about his family, health, new memoir, and how he dealt with his 2012 crash and head injury.
- Sandra Lee's Breast Cancer Journey and Documentary
Emmy Award-winning TV host and best-selling cookbook author Sandra Lee offers a revealing look inside her breast cancer surgery in a new HBO documentary.
- 10 Questions for Andy Serkis
Actor Andy Serkis talks about his health habits, what parenthood taught him, and the secret to a good life.
- Tiffany Haddish Is Positively Hilarious
Hollywood “It Girl” Tiffany Haddish talks about overcoming a traumatic childhood and rocky young adulthood with the help of counseling, hard work, and a conscious choice to chase happiness.
- 10 Questions for Maria Menounos
Maria Menounos talk about her career, health advice, and her experience with a brain tumor.
- Sonequa Martin-Green: Actor and Cancer Advocate
Sonequa Martin-Green learns valuable lessons from her most important role yet—helping her mother through cancer
- 10 Questions for Sam Heughan
Actor Sam Heugan talks about Outlander, raising money for My Peak Challenge, and his typical workout.
- John Krasinski, the Everyman's Action Hero
As John Krasinski returns to TV to save the world, he talks about staying in shape, juggling responsibilities, and fathering without fear.
- 10 Questions for Craig T. Nelson
Read Actor Craig T. Nelson's take on his role as Mr. Incredible, how he stays passionate, his personal health philosophy, and the best health advice he's ever gotten.
- Annette Bening Opens Up on Family, Charity, Aging
Four-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening -- a doting daughter to her elderly parents, and a devoted wife and mom -- shines the spotlight on family, women's health, and other issues she cares about.
- 10 Questions for Marcia Gay Harden
Marcia Gay Harden talks about her mother's Alzheimer’s disease, the latest 50 Shades movie, age, fitness, and Hollywood.
- Chrissy Metz Perseveres, Shows That She's One of Us
Actor Chrissy Metz, star of the wildly popular NBC television series This Is Us, talks about overcoming childhood difficulties, anxiety, and other setbacks.
- 10 Questions for Bella Thorne
Bella Thorne answers questions about acting, her health, and what makes her happy.
- How Jim and Jeannie Gaffigan Found Humor in a Crisis
Last year, comedian Jim Gaffigan and his writer wife, Jeannie, faced a health crisis that nearly ended her life, derailed their family, and halted his career. But innovative technology -- and a little humor -- got them through.