Healthy Living

Elderly face increased disability risk after emergency room visit

Elderly patients who get treated for illnesses or injuries in the emergency department (ED) are at risk of increased disability for up to six months afterward, a recent study suggests.

Few dads take part in trials of obesity treatments for kids

Fathers are conspicuously absent from studies that test the best ways to prevent and treat obesity in children, according to an analysis of research done in the past decade.

Does cold weather make you sick?

Growing up, your mom may have warned you to stay out of the cold if you wanted to avoid getting sick.

11 tricks to optimize your chances of getting pregnant

Adapted from Yeah Baby!

Seasonal affective disorder in kids

Getting blue as the days grow shorter?

A fairytale wedding, cancer diagnosis then a blessing: A military couple's medical miracle

Sgt. Gaytan, is an active-duty military police officer and newlywed whose wife was diagnosed with cancer. Then they got surprising news.

Paris and Michael Jackson: Does depression run in families?

Paris Jackson recently spoke about struggling with both depression and anxiety.

'I ran up the world's steepest 400-meter race— using my arms'

At 4 feet 4 inches tall and 89 pounds, I’m unlike most other runners.

Baby born weighing just 1 pound thrives on donated breast milk

A baby born at just 23 weeks gestation and weighing just over one pound, is thriving three months later thanks in part to volunteers who donated breast milk to a hospital-run donor bank program.

Family speaks out after hospital dismissed boy's heart disease as viral infection 3 times

One year after a rare pediatric disease was dismissed as a viral infection and nearly killed their 7-year-old son, a Indianapolis family is working to raise awareness in hopes of saving others who may have it.