Healthy Living

Baby wakes from coma days after doctors wanted to pull life support

In September, doctors told 1-year-old Marwa’s parents that their little girl was facing impending death and put her in an induced coma.

9th Washington state polio-like case confirmed

Health officials say a boy in Spokane County is the ninth person in Washington with a confirmed case of a rare syndrome that causes varying degrees of paralysis.

How to talk to kids about divorce

Divorce is often stressful for both parents and their children, and now a new report with some advice for parents encourages them to look to their children's pediatricians, therapists and others in their communities to help them manage this tough transition

Switching course, Gilead markets HIV drug for prevention

Gilead Sciences Inc has begun marketing its HIV treatment Truvada in a way thousands of consumers already use it - to prevent infection with the virus that causes AIDS.

Jillian Michaels writes 'one-stop shop' for expectant mothers

Pregnancy is literally -- and figuratively -- a magical time when the miracle of life can have tremendous potency and transformative power for you and your little one if you have the awareness to take the proper actions.

Injections, implants tested as new weapons to prevent HIV

Scientists are taking the battle to prevent HIV to the next level with large-scale trials set to start using injections to protect vulnerable groups such as gay men and women in Africa for at least two months.

Retail clinics may not reduce emergency room visits for minor illness

Despite an explosion of clinics in U.S. stores and shopping malls that can handle minor illnesses and injuries, emergency room visits for these non-emergency problems have barely decreased, researchers say.

Dr. Manny: Why the medical community should celebrate Trump's trust in Price

I am delighted with President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary.

Mom's alleged medicine for dying son: tea

For 10 days, 7-year-old Ryan Alexander Lovett laid in bed while his mother fed him dandelion tea and oil of oregano.

K9 units are being harmed by a powerful, dangerous drug

Police officers conducting drug raids with their K9 units are now dealing with what the DEA has called an "unprecedented threat": fentanyl, the same powerful opioid that killed Prince earlier this year.