A new type of drug blocks the destruction of neurons in the eye, preventing blindness. The researchers hope that the same…
As death tolls rise from hate crimes, a psychiatrist wonders: Is it time to treat bigotry like a disease?
Hundreds – perhaps thousands – of infant deaths every year are preventable if parents make sure babies sleep in their…
If you're flying during the holidays, you may encounter some emotional support animals. The practice has ticked off…
Health care relies on increasingly sophisticated devices for implanting into the body or monitoring it. Yet most med school…
White men hold more racial bias toward blacks than white women do, and this harms blacks' health in significant ways.…
In 18 states, parents can choose to exempt their children from vaccines for nonmedical 'philosophical' or 'personal…
Researchers tracked adolescents' sleep and scanned their brains. As expected, better sleep went with healthy brain development.…
The new Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans have just been released, and here is the bottom line: Just move. Bike,…
Mass shootings bring terror in ways that people watching from afar can only imagine. And yet, society at large is affected,…
For many health professionals, daily practice increasingly resembles trench warfare, which took a grave toll on WWI's…
A key part of preventing secondary medical problems from diabetes involves glucose monitoring. For National Diabetes Month,…
Voters listed health care as one of their biggest concerns in the midterm elections. Were their concerns addressed? The…
The sports world is understandably eager to prevent concussions, but some of the products on the market are not helping…
The campaign trail has been filled with talk about health care coverage, especially pre-existing conditions. While it may…
The deaths of 11 worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue filled people with sadness and fear. Transforming the grief into…
Quickly stopping the bleeding caused by wounds from assault weapons is critical. While 'Stop the Bleed' training…
There is no vaccine or medicine for Zika. But researchers have identified factors in the blood that signal a fetus has Zika-related…
Lung Cancer Awareness Month starts today, but observance of it often slips under the radar, in part because there are so…
Fred Rogers was not blind to evil, but he still taught love in the face of it. His real neighborhood under attack, his neighbors…