Health & Science

The findings show 39.6 percent of adults and 18.5 percent of children fit the body mass index definition of obesity.

Nearly 30,000 people gathered Saturday morning at Penn’s Landing for Philadelphia's 17th annual Recovery Walk.

Drug overdose deaths "have been on an exponential growth curve" that began years before the rise in opioid prescriptions seen in the mid-1990s.

Cancer researchers, doctors, and patients gathered at WHYY’s Philadelphia studios on Friday to focus attention on the latest efforts to ...

Guests: Chyke Doubeni, Michael Hobbes Obesity continues to be a major public health issue in America. As this pro ...

Wife of former vice president says part of the plan is to come up with a roadmap to help cancer patients manage their care.

Philadelphia was particularly hard hit by the flu epidemic of 1918.

Technology helps us run our lives, do our jobs, get directions and keep track of our calendars. Right? Or, is technology taking control o ...

A team of Japanese scientists turned human blood cells into stem cells, which they then transformed into very immature human eggs.

This week, JAMA publishes two major studies on a hot topic: physician burnout.

Clinicians have used neurofeedback to try and treat all kinds of mental health issues, and they say they've seen some positive results.

A previous vote fell short. This time around, Ellendale residents OK'd a referendum 81-21.

Proposal follows smoking prohibition at state beaches and parks taking effect in 2019.

A group of researchers, including the Principle Investigator for the New Horizons program, Alan Stern, have found that after a review of ...

There is still strong evidence that a daily baby aspirin can reduce the risk that many people who have already suffered a heart attack or stroke will suffer another attack.