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Chicago nursing home fined after residents' heroin overdose

Illinois and federal health officials are seeking penalties totaling more than $100,000 from a Chicago nursing home after five residents overdosed on heroin inside the facility in February.

Neighborhood violence tied to biological stress for kids

Neighborhood factors, like liquor store density, domestic violence and violent crime rates, may be tied to biological factors like stress hormone responses for children, according to a new study in New Orleans.

How to reconcile with family and friends after the election

This weekend, on a two-hour drive to their son’s lacrosse tournament, Cathy and Jay Ingram, of Lancaster, Pa., healed some wounds left from the long and divisive presidential election.

Depression becoming more common among US teens

The number of U.S. adolescents and young adults with untreated depression may be on the rise, a recent study suggests.

Marijuana use may weaken your heart muscle

Marijuana use may be linked to a weakened heart muscle, a new studyfinds

Researchers using virtual reality to help treat PTSD

Prolonged exposure therapy is a common form of treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in U.S. veterans and active-duty soldiers, but researchers in central Florida are taking the approach to a new level with virtual reality (VR).

Prisons fight opioids with $1G injection: Does it work?

U.S. prisons are experimenting with a high-priced monthly injection that could help addicted inmates stay off opioids after they are released.

7 natural ways to survive holiday travel

Holidays are a double whammy when it comes to gaining weight.

Service dog changes life of veteran with PTSD

A Minnesota army veteran and father-of-five who suffered silently from the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has a life line in his service dog, Jed.

Georgia donates teddy bears to help grieving parents cope

Five years after losing their premature newborn to a rare genetic disease just minutes after she was born, a U.S. Army Reserve chaplain and his wife keep their daughter’s spirit alive by gifting teddy bears to women who’ve lost a baby.