Health

It's that time of year again. You wake up with a scratchy throat, stuffy nose, a little achy — maybe a fever. Is it a classic head cold, or do you need to be more concerned?

Drug overdose deaths and homicides mean that life expectancy in Philadelphia actually dropped, following a national trend.

Social workers are warning that a new ban on smoking at Philadelphia drug treatment centers could be deal breaker for those seeking help.

They call it the golden years, but there’s a reason many of us dread old age — it can mean losing our health, our independence, our m ...

The latest report shows flu taking the steep climb that often follows holiday gatherings and the beginning of the new year.

It took five years to find a ballet academy open to children of all abilities. Finally, at Pennsylvania Ballet Academy in Camp Hill the bALLet class was born.

Many of the purported benefits of cold hinge on brown fat, sometimes referred to as "good" fat. Long known to exist in infants, brown fat burns calories and generates heat.

Children who withdraw from frightening situations or environments may be more likely to struggle with social anxiety, later in life, psychologists find.

The public comments period ended Friday for a proposed federal rule that would allow more employers to use health reimbursement arrangements.

More thorough health screenings, as well as secondary screenings, will be held for every child in Border Patrol custody following the deaths of two Guatemalan children.

At year's end, global health numbers offer reason for both hope and despair. One strong positive note is that people are living longer.

GoFundMe, the largest online, crowdsourced fundraising platform, says contributors have raised more than $5 billion from 50 million donations in its eight years.

We think of sports as part of a healthy lifestyle — a chance to move our muscles, work up a sweat, release endorphins. Often that’s t ...

December is supposed to be the time of year filled with family gatherings and holiday good cheer. For medical residents, quite the opposite is true.

Rhode Island is one of a small but growing number of states that allow medical marijuana for treating severe forms of autism.