Healthy Living

Drugmakers set to gain as taxpayers foot new opioid costs

The latest installment in a joint investigation by The Associated Press and the Center for Public Integrity into the political influence of the opioid industry.

New York woman's cross-country 'GrAttitude Project' honors late mother

In mid-December 2012, Mary Latham sat in her midtown Manhattan office scrolling through the horrifying headlines telling of an armed suspect shooting 20 innocent children and six staff members at a Connecticut elementary school.

Texas hospital throws wedding for couple 36 hours before groom dies

A dying man’s wish to marry the love of his life was granted last Friday 36 hours before he died, thanks to quick-thinking nurses and staff at his Texas hospital.

2-year-old boy paralyzed in traumatic birth regains left-arm function

A 2-year-old Atlanta boy who was born during a 2014 snowstorm is learning how to play like other children after a traumatic birth damaged his spinal cord and paralyzed his left arm.

Separated conjoined twins meet for first time since surgery

The conjoined California twins that were separated last week following a 17-hour marathon surgery have been reunited for the first time since the operation.

FDA opens door to reduced risk claim for Swedish Match snus tobacco

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration left open the door on Wednesday for Swedish Match AB to claim its snus smokeless tobacco products represent a substantially lower risk to health than cigarettes.

Wear a mouthguard, spare a tooth

The best way to avoid athletic dental injuries is to wear a properly fitted mouthguard, according to the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA).

1 in 8 airline pilots may be clinically depressed

Hundreds of commercial airline pilots worldwide may be flying with untreated depression because they fear being grounded or losing their jobs, a new survey suggests.

New York 'zombie' outbreak shows value of predicting future designer drugs

Researchers in California say they have found a faster method for identifying designer drugs similar to one that caused a "zombie" outbreak on a Brooklyn, New York block this summer.

Marital status, history linked to survival after stroke

A person's current marital status and past marital losses may be related to their survival odds after a stroke, a new study suggests.