Healthy Living

Parents should be terrified by TikTok’s dangerous influence over our kids

Congressional talk about TikTok needs to be a wake-up call to parents. The Chinese app exposes kids to dangerous content, especially about suicide. It's 'every parents's nightmare.'

Abortion pill use has spiked in recent years, new report reveals: ‘Substantial increase’

The Guttmacher Institute, a research and policy group based in New York, says medication abortions made up 63% of all abortions in the U.S. in 2023. Experts shared insights on the data.

GOP Sen blasts Biden admin claiming abortion travel policy is essential to military readiness

Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., is demanding data from the Department of Defense to justify its abortion travel policy's effect on military readiness following the receipt of data showing low usage.

Republicans largely quiet as Democrats hammer SCOTUS abortion pill challenge

Republicans were much less vocal than their Democratic counterparts on Tuesday as the Supreme Court heard arguments in a challenge to the FDA's regulations making it easier to access the abortion pill.

Cancer and Princess Kate: Important screenings to focus on for best health

As the public continues to absorb Kate Middleton’s Friday video announcement of her cancer diagnosis, doctors are stressing the importance of preventative cancer screenings. Here are details.

Drug overdoses have reached record high, per latest CDC report: ‘Grim statistics'

The CDC announced that drug overdoses have reached a record high as one expert emphasized the need for education around the dangers of hidden substances, such as fentanyl.

Rare condition caused patient to see ‘demonic’ faces, says study on ‘visual disorder’

For those afflicted with a rare disorder known as prosopometamorphopsia (PMO), facial features appear distorted, even "demonic," according to researchers from Dartmouth College.

Supreme Court must hear from abortion pill victims: ‘I saw blood everywhere. I saw parts of my baby’

The FDA abandoned women and stopped protecting them from abortion-pill complications. Now, the Supreme Court is going to hear the nightmarish accounts from those victims.

Mom of 5 chooses pregnancy one more time after fertility clinic asks about her leftover embryos

A Canadian mom is pregnant for the sixth time after using embryos that her fertility clinic had been saving for 13 years ever since the couple's initial IVF treatment.

Cold therapy techniques come under hot scrutiny by researchers: 'Overall benefits remain uncertain'

Cold therapy has been a hot health trend in recent years, but a new review suggests it might not live up to the hype. Researchers and experts share insights.