Health

Where Tuberculosis Rates Run Highest

Alaska had the highest reported TB rate of any state in 2025, 10.4 cases per 100,000 people, in CDC provisional data.

About 1 in 33 US Babies Is a Twin

In 2024, 30.1 of every 1,000 US live births were twins, about 1 in 33 babies (3.0%), according to final CDC natality data.

Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics · Data year 2024 · per year

C-Sections: The Ultimate in Planned Parenthood

It’s a staple of movies and television sitcoms. Think Charlotte in Sex and the City. A hugely pregnant woman is going about her life—say enjoying…

Alzheimer’s: Would You Want to Know Your Risk?

Alzheimer’s disease is the downside—and looming threat—of rapidly improving longevity. Not surprisingly, aging is the single greatest risk factor for developing the disease. For…

The Costs of Food Poisoning

Dining at the venerable Harvard Faculty Club is a cherished tradition for many, including current and former faculty and alumni of the prestigious university.…

How Rare Is Tetanus in the US?

CDC surveillance shows an average of 26.8 US tetanus cases a year from 2009 to 2023, and 18 in 2023, about 1 in 18.6 million people.

The odds a child 2 – 11 has cavities in his or her primary teeth

1 in 2.37 The odds a child 2 – 11 has cavities in his or her primary teeth are 1 in 2.37 (US, 1999…

Broken Heart Syndrome

It's a timeworn theme, dying of a broken heart. The poet of the Psalms recognized that "by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken"…

The odds a female will ever be diagnosed with breast cancer

1 in 8.28 The odds a female will ever be diagnosed with breast cancer are 1 in 8.28 (US, 2004 – 2006). SOURCE(S) Horner…

Food and Cancer

Macro image of fresh garlic on rough wooden chopping board Shallow focus. Can eating right prevent cancer? The odds a person will ever be…

Deadliest Cancers

Contrary to what some email forwards will tell you, drinking cold water with meals does not lead to colon cancer. And cancer is scary enough…

Hollywood’s Juicy Fruit, Starving on the Vine

Even a partial list of body image problems that a child may run up against can be petrifying—anorexia nervosa, bulimia, body dysmorphic disorder, severe…