Health & Science

A new study suggests that African-American women are more likely to suffer from Peripartum Cardiomyopathy and are more likely to worsen before getting better.

Some say this is a turning point in using these treatments for cancer, and expect more developments in the future.

More people die by suicide than by motor vehicle crashes. And if you think you are immune, you are not.

What we eat and how we feed ourselves is inherently cultural and political in nature.

Shark fin is the main ingredient in a much-prized soup. Fishermen commonly cut off the fins and throw the rest of the shark overboard to drown.

Farming is the second-whitest job in the United States.

Humans have a long history of sharing breast milk, but society’s acceptance has ebbed and flowed.

Al Gore says he’s optimistic the U.S. will break its political standoff over climate change, and that the U.S. is “not that far” from a bipartisan consensus on climate change.

Chemical company, Croda, said its Delaware plant can now make a key chemical bonding agent from 100 percent renewable resources.

An island colony of wild rhesus macaque monkeys — the oldest primate research site in the world — suffered major storm damage, but no deaths.

Homelessness is perhaps a bigger problem among our nation’s youth than you may have imagined. And they are right here in our backyard.

Gore’s presentation was part of his Climate Reality Project, which the former vice president and Nobel laureate founded 10 years ago.

What happens if you and your doctor don’t speak the same language? According to a new report, that’s the case for many patients across the country.