Liz Tung

Deaths connected to suicide, drugs, and alcohol are soaring among millennials nationwide, and hitting Pennsylvania especially hard.

Intense competitiveness — and the flip side of the coin, fear of failure — is part of the culture at medical school.

A look at the tough choice fertility patients face — and what that’s meant for thousands upon thousands of unused embryos.

Organs that once would have been rejected were successfully used in uninfected patients by Penn surgeons in a clinical trial.

A new study shows that health-related searches spike in the week before a hospital visit — and how analyzing that data could improve patient care.

New research on solitary confinement could bridge the mind-body gap when it comes to cruel and unusual punishment.

A little-known learning disability is helping kids — and adults — reframe their struggles with numbers.

A new study shows that for a quarter of Americans, eating at work adds as much as 1,300 calories per week — most of them empty.

How public mistrust in GMOs destroyed one scientist's dream of helping farmers in developing countries produce sturdier, higher-yield crops.

Keeping Ahab the cat cooped up seemed to crush her spirit and hunting instincts, so owner Liz Tung consulted with experts to weigh the cost of feline freedom.

Results of a new study by University of Pennsylvania researchers contradict previous reports showing a connection between conduct problems and marijuana use.

For most people, Thanksgiving offers a chance to kick back with family. But for Ricci Rawls and her five kids, it meant something different this year: losing their home.