Healthy Living

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.

Hospitals are throwing out organs and denying transplants to meet federal standards

ospitals across the United States are throwing away less-than-perfect organs and denying the sickest people lifesaving transplants out of fear that poor surgical outcomes will result in a federal crackdown.

Most Americans favor late-term abortion if Zika harms fetus, STAT-Harvard poll finds

Americans’ strong aversion to late-term abortions drops precipitously if a developing fetus would likely be born with severe damage from the Zika virus, a new STAT-Harvard poll found.

People are now maiming their pets to score drugs

Of all the consequences of the nation’s opioid epidemic — which last year killed 33,091 people, or one overdose death every 15 minutes — the strangest may be how it has increased the abuse of dogs.

Friends may influence children's fear and anxiety

Parents may have a lot to do with how children react to scary things, but a new study suggests kids' response to fear may also be heavily influenced by their friends.

Parents claim to find mold inside popular teething toy

Disgusted parents are taking to social media to share what appears to be mold growing inside their children’s “Sophie the Giraffe” teething toy.

Study sees a downside to kids' embrace of superheroes

A new study finds that children who are "highly engaged" with superheroes were more likely to be aggressive a year later.

Patient with Parkinson's goes from struggling to walk to leading dance in viral clip

A physical therapist who read about the health benefits of music decided to incorporate it into a session with one of her patients who has Parkinson’s disease, and posted the remarkable results online.