Screening for osteoporosis can protect against fractures, but many women may be getting tested too often.
Good news: Sex is safe for most heart patients. If you’re healthy enough to walk up two flights of stairs without chest pain or gasping for breath, you can have a love life.
Why requiring abstinence may not be the best way to cut drinking in the homeless.
The potentially lethal Choking Game, which involves cutting off the blood supply to the brain, appears to be popular with some college students who think it's not as dangerous as using illicit drugs.
A mom gives birth while stuck in an elevator. Are special deliveries in unexpected places on the rise?
Proportion of Americans aged 18 or older — or 45.9 million adults — who experienced mental illness in 2010, about the same as in 2009, according to an annual government survey. The rate of mental illness was higher in 18-to-25-year-olds (29.9%) than in those aged 50 or older (14.3%), and in women than in men (23% vs. 16.8%). Only about 40% of mentally ill people got help, though those with serious illness were more likely to have received care (60.8%). A major barrier to treatment: cost. [via SAMHSA]
Counterfeit or weakened versions of life-saving antimalarial drugs are making the rounds in Africa, potentially putting millions of lives at risk and encouraging drug resistance, say scientists.
Abortion rates are higher in countries where the procedure is illegal and nearly half of all abortions worldwide are unsafe, with the vast majority in developing countries, a new study concludes.
The parents of a 3-year-old New Jersey girl who claim she’s being denied a kidney transplant because of her mental disabilities said their problems may be with one doctor, and not The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Gossip isn't all bad, a new study finds.
Feeling cranky, fatigued and unable to focus? You might just need a drink of water, according to new research.
