Online advertising featuring bright colors, cartoon figures and promotions by social media influencers entice adolescents…
Some of the ads promise that you can throw away your glasses. But what does the evidence say?
Colon cancer is curable when caught early, but some insurers are either refusing to cover or significantly delaying approval…
The legislation would make it illegal to possess 2 types of abortion pills without a prescription.
It’s rarely the creep at the playground. About 90% of child sexual abusers know the family.
Older adults face greater health risks from extreme heat for several reasons. Communities can save lives by starting to…
Pets often become an integral part of the family system, and some people say their bond to their pet is akin to that of…
Suicide among military service members in the US is a growing problem. A lack of a sense of belonging and feeling like a…
Alcohol is responsible for more deaths than overdoses from opioids and all other substances combined, yet less than 10%…
Among her 5 decades of accomplishments, Nightingale founded the world’s first nursing school and advocated health care…
States could be in for another summer of unhealthy wildfire smoke as ‘zombie fires’ resurface in western Canada and…
Singer Amy Winehouse died from alcohol toxicity in 2011, the same year that the American Society of Addiction Medicine publicly…
Cannabis and psilocybin – used under supervision – have the potential to work better than current pain treatments, but…
The implications of restrictive laws or near-total bans go well beyond abortions, reducing overall access to prenatal care,…
Stigma, fear and cost prevent many patients from getting screened for lung cancer. This can prove deadly for the most vulnerable.
Eating right, exercising, playing sports, reading and journaling are just a few of the ways you can keep your brain in top…
The durability and longevity of teeth lie in the complex interplay between six different tissues, all of which play an intricate…
Practices such as redlining left marginalized groups in more disaster-prone areas with poorer quality infrastructure −…
Cancer vaccines have gained much interest among scientists but face a number of hurdles. A new mRNA vaccine for glioma offers…
A social science researcher followed a dozen teens from different neighborhoods in North, West and Northeast Philadelphia,…