Health

School lunches are healthier than they were five years ago. But Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue says schools need more flexibility in serving meals that kids will eat.

Julia Chapman knows her mental illness played a role in heroin use.

After losing her feet and parts of her legs, circus performer Erin Ball thought her life and the work she loved were over.

Two people recount the after effects of breast cancer surgery.

Our bodies are ours, but how we feel about them is largely defined by others — by the things people say, the culture we live in, the me ...

Guest: Sharon Saline For children with ADHD the daily tasks of ordinary life can be challenging. Getting out the ...

Prescription heroin as a form of maintenance therapy dates back to the early 1920s in the UK.

In Philly and Camden, many shooting victims arrive at trauma centers in the back of police vehicles. Is this "scoop and run" practice saving lives?

Congress authorized millions to fund mental health services to help schools treat students who have experienced trauma due to the opioid epidemic.

Josh Sterner had good psychiatric care, a therapist and access to medication. None of that prevented his death.

It remains unclear what exactly caused the outbreak or how it became so severe.

Guests: Stacey Patton, Elizabeth Gershoff Parents shouldn’t spank their children, according to the American Aca ...

Results of a new study by University of Pennsylvania researchers contradict previous reports showing a connection between conduct problems and marijuana use.

People who experience discrimination firsthand struggle with hunger twice as often as others.

The federal government took a new step this week to reduce avoidable hospital readmissions of nursing home patients.