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App helps autistic teens stay healthy

Teenagers with autism face unique day-to-day challenges that many others may take for granted.

W. Va. city swamped by overdoses, as nation battles surging opioid epidemic

The heroin epidemic that has plagued the nation’s urban and rural communities alike had not spared West Virginia, but nothing prepared Cabell County officials for 26 overdoses in a four-hour span Monday.

Why you need negative feelings

Good news: There is an upside to feeling down.

Couple offers $500 reward for missing potbellied therapy pig

A Pennsylvania couple is offering a $500 reward for the safe return of their missing potbellied pig, who also serves as a therapy animal.

Florida boy attempts suicide at school

A Fort Myers middle school student tried to suffocate himself to death after a classmate bullied him.

Seniors who feel 'old' more likely to have memory problems

The older that seniors feel relative to their actual age, the greater their odds of cognitive decline in the coming years, a recent study finds.

Lochte's lies: How science explains fibbers

Nearly a week after Ryan Lochte and three other U.S.

LA art exhibition looks at dying through words, photos

LOS ANGELES — Four years ago photographer Andrew George approached the medical director of a Los Angeles hospital with an unusual request: He wanted to meet and take photographs of people about to die.

Why you're working an extra full day at the office without realizing it

Keep Outlook closed—for your sanity’s sake: Checking work email at night leaves you emotionally exhausted, finds forthcoming research from Lehigh, Colorado State, and Virginia Tech universities.

Doctors express concern over synthetic drug that can induce ‘excited delirium’

New designer drugs, made to bypass standing legislation that outlaw their original forms, are hitting the market, raising concern among U.S. physicians.