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The situation is especially dire in low-income countries, where mental health care is often unavailable.

Guests: Marla Gold, Astra Czerny, Jim Hopper Feeling exhausted and upset after the Kavanaugh/Ford testimony? Many ...

Limiting their provider networks helps Medicare Advantage plans keep their premiums low. Traditional Medicare covers health care visits all across the country.

Many flu-related deaths are caused not by the flu itself but by secondary infections and complications.

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.