Doctors say controlling blood pressure, diabetes and cholesterol is good for your brain and your heart. They also urge ...

Rates of suicide attempts have increased significantly for certain groups. Researchers found that some of the most effective strategies to combat the issue are not intended to help with suicide risk.

Soda was a rare treat when Richmond Aryeetey was growing up in Ghana in the 1980s. "You were likely to see soda in the house ...

President-elect Donald Trump and the new Congress plan to shrink the $900 billion-a-year government health insurance program, ...

Dr. Nima Aghaebrahim, a neurointerventionalist at Baptist Health, explains why "time is brain" when treating a stroke. Then, ...

High vaccination rates can help prevent the spread of severe illnesses like measles and polio. But pediatricians say they're encountering more parents hesitant to get their kids immunized.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had sided with employers who argued they can’t be forced to provide full coverage for ...

Despite the hype over artificial intelligence in medicine, the systems require consistent monitoring and staffing to put in ...

Not every weather fluctuation is demonstrably affected by climate change. But the impact of the steady increase in global ...

The first full moon of the year, also known as the Wolf Moon, has appeared, according to NASA . It first appeared Sunday and ...

On the heels of the Surgeon General's warning about the cancer risks of alcohol, there's a growing consensus that less is better. But the evidence doesn't support abstinence for all. We asked experts ...

The number of people enrolled in Affordable Care Act health insurance plans has doubled over the last four yeas. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with healthcare navigator Katie Roders Turner about the ...