Medicine

The guidelines say all emergency departments in the state should be ready to treat patients who are already addicted with medications that prevent painful withdrawal symptoms.

Angela Lautner knew her thirst was unusual, even for someone directing airplanes, outside in the Memphis summer heat.

There’s a nationwide shortage of the new shingles vaccine, called Shingrix, which is made by Glaxosmithkline.

Guest: Sharon Saline For children with ADHD the daily tasks of ordinary life can be challenging. Getting out the ...

Prescription heroin as a form of maintenance therapy dates back to the early 1920s in the UK.

Guests: Stacey Patton, Elizabeth Gershoff Parents shouldn’t spank their children, according to the American Aca ...

In the operating room, surgical masks and matching scrubs can make it hard to tell who's who — at least for outsiders.

Pa.'s DOC has agreed to treat the state’s nearly 5,000 inmates with hepatitis C over the next three years.

Taking fish oil supplements to prevent cardiovascular disease and cancer may not be effective.

Guests: Mark Mazzetti, Scott Kelly SCOTT KELLY spent 3 ...

Catherine Guthrie already knew a lot about breast cancer when she found a lump on her left breast at age 38.

Inside one woman's experience with topical steroids — and why she says the cure was worse than the disease.

Guests: Heath Fogg Davis, Leonore Carpenter, Nadia Dowshen The Trump administration is considering legally defini ...

Nerve-racking. Sickening. Facing your fear can be all of that — and sometimes a little thrilling, too.

Guests: Orlando Almonte, Nelson Flores, Alicia Fernandez  The United States doesn’t have an official language, ...