Health

Anti-anxiety sedatives such as Ativan, Xanax and Valium may not be as safe as once thought. Known as benzodiazepines, the drugs wo ...

When the Degenharts bought their house, they knew it would be a fixer-upper. But they didn’t know that it would land their son, Jos ...

Marylou Kelly Streznewski describes herself as a model of health. And for most of her life, she took it for granted. But that chan ...

Surveys by the national sleep foundation find that between eleven and 23 percent of live-in couples sleep in separate beds. Does this mea ...

New research has found that transgender children who receive social and family support during their transition do not suffer from a highe ...

For years, we’ve heard that meditation is good for our bodies and minds – but scientific studies on the practice have been la ...

Cory Cohen’s slide into addiction is one that echoes all over the country. Cohen is 22 years old, grew up in the suburbs of ...

My name is Diego Luke, and I am a 17-year-old high school junior in St. Paul, Minnesota. Grow ...

Just 10 psychiatrists are available for every 100,000 people in Pennsylvania, and they tend to cluster in urban areas. Some don’t a ...

Blood pressure. It's one of the most important measurements in medicine. And yet, taking it correctly is kind of an art.

Solving the mysteries of infectious diseases requires man power, determination, and, in the case of Legionnaires' disease, pride.

Scientists have discovered that implicit racial bias may diminish when people are reminded of shared group identities. The researc ...

Some of the most severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder tend to be accompanied by psychosis. People have visio ...

After a failed appeal, Independence Blue Cross must cover in-school autism support services for a Philadelphia student. In Novembe ...

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed a new law that creates a special missing person alert for people with mental, intellectual or devel ...