Woman addicted to eating baby powder wants others to know 'they are not alone' She said it started 15 years ago after the birth of her fifth child, and has snowballed since.
Tom Basile: Top 5 government failures of 2010s As the 2010s come to a close and America begins a new decade, we’re taking stock of the last 10 years. It’s been a wild ride, to be sure.
Marijuana legalization in Illinois, Michigan could trigger interstate tangling The recreational market selling marijuana is coming to the Midwestern states, and the expensive, challenging industry bringing a patchwork of legal and cultural snares.
Rwanda makes its own morphine, bypassing dangerous opioid trade Locally produced liquid morphine has become part of Rwanda’s groundbreaking effort to address pain treatment, one of the world’s great disproportions.
Homelessness crisis: From houseboats to boulders, unconventional methods used to tackle problem in 2019 Outrage. Frustration. Fear. Those are some of the words residents used in 2019 to describe the growing homelessness problem across the United States. There were numerous cases of harassment, rampant drug use and disturbing displays of mental illness that shined a light on the harsh reality that America's once-containable homeless problem had morphed into a modern-day crisis. Here are some of the unconventional ways people came up with in 2019 to help curb the current homelessness crisis.
Matthew Barnett: Opioid epidemic is destroying us — here's a way forward If this opioid crisis is not reversed, thousands more lives will be destroyed.
To battle opioid crisis, some track overdoses in real time While the number of drug overdose deaths appears to have fallen nationally in 2018 for the first time in nearly three decades, the overdose death rate remains about seven times higher than a generation ago.
'The Good Place' star Jameela Jamil remembers she felt 'too fat' while struggling with eating disorder Jameela Jamil is opening up about her past struggles with an eating disorder.
How Facebook is being harnessed to warn about psychotic relapses When you think of people exploiting Facebook, the specter of shadowy Russian trolls may come to mind. Now, researchers here in the United States are harnessing Facebook for good, and studying how changes in behavioral health manifest online.
Kristin Chenoweth on the on-set accident that left her with a fractured skull: 'My life really changed' Actress Kristin Chenoweth is known for her strong singing voice, but a 2012 on-set accident left the Broadway star in debilitating pain. And to help break the stigma surrounding chronic pain, Chenoweth is breaking her silence.
