Health

C-sections now outnumber vaginal deliveries in parts of southeast Europe, Latin America and China.

When Mary Lacey’s son Taylor was 2 years old, she noticed he was falling behind the curve. “He would generally hit dev ...

The FDA has identified hundreds of supplements tainted with pharmaceuticals – from antidepressants and erectile dysfunction to weight-loss drugs.

Between Jan. 1, 2016, and June 30, three-quarters of the largest U.S. slaughterhouses violated the Clean Water Act by improperly disposing of contaminated wastewater.

With poverty and stress driving up high blood pressure in communities of color, will it help to cut sodium in Chinese food? Health officials say it’s a worthy effort.

A Harvard researcher is sending up red flags about a popular class of supplements, some of which contain amphetamine-like drugs.

The woman refused to get off the flight and police stepped in.

Breast cancer is less common in black women, yet they're about 40 percent more likely to die from it than are white women.

Water sources at New Jersey’s Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst contained levels of toxic PFAS chemicals that were up to 24,000 times hi ...

"...the petitioners provided evidence that these substances caused cancer in animals who were exposed to much higher doses," the FDA statement says.

Poor health care and criminalization of sex workers feed into each other to create a cycle, says an organizer with Project SAFE Philadelphia.

Doctors are often rated on Yelp or other online platforms.

The trauma of sexual assault or harassment is not only hard to forget; it may also leave lasting effects on a woman's health.

The effort launches as just 38 percent of Delawareans who are diagnosed with substance abuse make it into treatment.

People walking in Philadelphia’s Head House Square encountered an unusual interruption on Tuesday – a bright blue vending machine ...