Health

It's often the default setting on fitness trackers, but what's it really based on?

The judge granted the clinic's request for a temporary restraining order and set a hearing date in early June.

There’s a comfort to the mainstream way of doing things — it offers standard solutions to standard problems. But sometimes existing s ...

To meet this new moment, Staley says, PrEP4All activists are using some of the same broad tactics as ACT UP, but also increasing their activity behind the scenes.

No other country is experiencing an addiction problem on a U.S. scale, Mundipharma noted. But, globally, the network continues to expand.

Pennsylvania curtailed benefits in 2011, and adults now either pull diseased teeth or pay out of pocket because procedures like root canals aren’t covered.

Children spend a lot of time on screens, which worries many parents. We discuss the effects of screens on kids' mental, physical, emotional, and social health

Rather than the standard 15-minute individual visits in an exam room, women who are due around the same time and their partners meet as a group for two hours with a clinician,

Infants' Tylenol comes with a dosing syringe, while Children's Tylenol has a plastic cup. Both contain the same concentration of the active ingredient, acetaminophen.

Medical cannabis proponents tout CBD as a remedy for a wide range of conditions, from inflammation to epileptic seizures. However, the science is unclear on its benefits.

A loophole in federal law might block at least one new opioid-addiction drug from coming to market for years.

A new report from the National Women’s Law Center, written with Latina middle and high school students in Philadelphia, found that over ...

For a lot of Americans, cats and dogs are more than just pets — they’re our fur babies. We’re willing to do whatever it takes to ke ...

The FDA sent a letter to the food industry on Thursday, urging companies to standardize the use of the phrase "best if used by" on packaged food labels.

National nonprofit awards groups fighting opioid epidemic with innovative programs and initiatives that can be established all over the country.