Medicine

Guests: Delane Casiano, Karriem Salaam, Howard Stevenson African Americans are more likely to report mental healt ...

The LGBTQ and #MeToo movements are shifting our cultural attitudes. Is what we teach in the classroom shifting, too?

Healthy women with normal pregnancies can opt to have labor induced without worrying that the decision will make a cesarean section more likely.

Taking a genetic test in your 20s or 30s could, indeed, affect your ability to get long-term-care insurance later.

The Americans with Disabilities Act passed in 1990, But culture change has been slow to take hold in the medical profession.

The dried, cured flower is now legal for sale at medical marijuana dispensaries in Pennsylvania.

More than 100 scrubs-clad nurses filled the Capitol rotunda Tuesday in an effort to convince lawmakers they're overworked, and the state needs to do something about it.

Former heroin users who go on an opioid replacement drug and who also participate in the clinic's counseling sessions are less likely to relapse.

More than 2 million are hospitalized in the U.S. every year for traumatic brain injuries. Long-term effects can include epilepsy, depression, and impaired cognitive function.

Guests: Maria Oquendo, Matthew Nock Suicide rates have been rising for almost three decades across all age groups ...

Since 2006, California has cut its rate of women dying in childbirth by more than half. And it's a state whose impact could make a big difference.

Results from an early trial give doctors hope that an effective treatment could be within reach.

Guest: Mona Hanna-Attisha Pediatrician MONA HANNA-ATTISHA was an ear ...

New research shows more promise for using AIDS treatment drugs as a prevention tool, to help keep uninfected people from catching HIV during sex with a partner who has it

Guest: Randi Hutter Epstein We blame a lot on our hormones – weight gain, sex drive, sleep loss, mood swings, i ...