Healthy Living

Saving Ava: When a cancer drug shortage imperiled a toddler, her mom got to work

The drug that Alyssa Luciano fought so hard to get for her little girl was ready.

5 haunted hospitals to get you in the Halloween spirit

In the decades or centuries they’ve existed, hospitals have had a long time to accrete stories — some of them the spooky kind.

'My mother had a lobotomy'

rowing up, I didn’t know what was wrong with my mother.

5 bizarre accidents that people survived against all odds

Sometimes against all odds and in defiance of science, people manage to withstand experiences that really should have killed them.

Secret trove reveals bold 'crusade' to make OxyContin a blockbuster

The pharmaceutical sales representatives from health care giant Abbott Laboratories had a problem.

An expert's guide: How to evaluate health disclosures from Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have promised to disclose more details about their health soon, but it’s not clear what records they will or won’t release.

Electronic health records 'inflict enormous pain' on doctors

Electronic health records slow doctors down and distract them from meaningful face time caring for patients.

Pulled by different forces, women in medicine need to stand by their career and family choices

Women won the majority of the U.S. medals at the Rio Olympics.

Epipen was Mylan CEO's 'baby': Now she's in the hot seat

Drug company CEO Heather Bresch affectionately describes the humble EpiPen as her “baby,” a once-middling product that she turned into a blockbuster.

Virtual reality driving game teaches autistic teens

There isn’t much in the way of public transportation in Sam McCarty’s Nashville-area neighborhood, so like most teenagers, he wants to drive when he turns 16 within the next year.