Health

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.

The goal is simple: saving sight in the amblyopia-affected eye. To keep children from abandoning treatment, researchers are experimenting.

Amblyopia affects three out of every 100 kids. Age 2 is the ideal time to detect and treat it, vision experts say, but that doesn’t happen often.

A new report reveals that Latina girls in Philadelphia are more likely to attempt suicide than white or African-American girls.

African-Americans are three times more likely to die from asthma as whites.

Standing ready to fight measles like an enemy is the best defense, health care experts say. Here’s how one hospital and school district have prepared.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health has declared an outbreak of hepatitis A, with Philadelphia and Pittsburgh the hardest-hit regions.