Health

At first, I just felt very anxious, but anxiety soon led to physical shaking. My stomach felt like someone who weighed 300 pounds was sta ...

Astronauts often become lab rats of sorts – scientists have an intense interest in studying how space affects their bodies and mind ...

In 1973, a communication snafu between astronauts in space and their colleagues on Earth, alerted NASA to the need for people skills and ...

Some rape victims have to travel hours to get an exam from a nurse with special training and forensic expertise. Debbie Holbrook s ...

Guests: Katie Meyer, Sarah Karlin-Smith, Robert Field For the second year in a row, Governor Tom Wolf allowed an ...

Gov. Chris Christie wants to transfer responsibility for New Jersey’s four state psychiatric hospitals, community-based mental health a ...

Philadelphia is starting a new push to improve the health of impoverished children.  For now — it will rely on reshuffling existing re ...

I told myself that as long as I maintained that appearance, the rotten blackness steadily devouring me from within was under control and would eventually recede.

When schools and offices take vacation — people do too — blood donations slow down, leaving hospitals and blood banks to hustle for b ...

Millions of Americans suffer with depression – and traditional medications used to treat the illness are expensive, and can have a ...

Work to clean up the notorious heroin encampment at the Conrail tracks in Kensington has encountered a delay. Conrail workers were ...

There’s a body of opinion that believes that laughter might, for some illnesses, be the best medicine.

Sleep is the new skinny. Americans are obsessed with a good night’s rest — after decades of viewing sleep as a waste of time for ...

The Philadelphia Department of Public Health, along with Lutheran Disaster Response, local climate scientists and community groups are or ...

E-cigarette users report feeling less dependent and addicted than traditional smokers do, according to a recent study. Even so, researche ...