Health

A committee for the US Food and Drug Administration now recommends that the approval of Makena, a drug used to reduce the risk of preterm births,…

About 48,000 people lost their lives to opioids in 2017, the latest year for which complete data is available, according to a new study. Synthetic…

A package of marijuana has been retrieved from the nose of a man 18 years after he smuggled it into prison, in what doctors have described as the…

It’s widely accepted that the flu and the torrent of uncomfortable symptoms that come with it are to be avoided at all costs. But a few…

It’s Sunday morning, and you open your eyes to discover it’s still incredibly early because — huzzah! — we’ve reached…

Asthma sufferers could sharply reduce their carbon footprint by swapping commonly used inhalers for “greener” alternatives, a study from…

Teenage girls who use birth control pills are more likely to cry, sleep too much and experience eating issues than their peers who don’t use…

Today it sounds like a Halloween horror story, concocted to scare children out of eating too much candy. But in the late 1940s in Sweden, children…

Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. said Tuesday it didn’t find asbestos in the bottle of Johnson’s Baby Powder that was previously…

More than 50 health and advocacy groups are sending a clear message in letters to US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and first lady…

An anthem for narcissism was immortalized in Carly Simon’s 1972 hit song, “You’re So Vain.” “You walked into the party…

US teens spend an average of more than seven hours per day on screen media for entertainment, and tweens spend nearly five hours, a new report finds…

A potentially fatal infection spread by ticks has been detected for the first time in the UK, according to health authorities. Experts described the…

People who died as a result of a mysterious outbreak of vaping-related lung injury often used products exclusively containing THC, the main…

Facebook has launched a new feature to help track what preventive health screenings might be recommended for you based on your age and sex. The tool,…

Talking about guns can be difficult, even for physicians. That’s according to a new study published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics. The study found…

Parents don’t want to give their children foods with artificial sweeteners, surveys show. Yet many parents are doing just that when they buy…

Vaping companies are under scrutiny for how their marketing and sweet flavors have appealed to young people — and two new studies published…

Slashing soft drinks from your diet is a quick way to improve your health and lose weight — that much you probably already know. But actually…

Weight loss surgery has traditionally been viewed as a procedure for adults with severe obesity who haven’t been able to lose weight or keep it…