Health

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…

Many of us begin to groan and moan as our precious weekend comes to an end. It’s not just the interruption of fun with friends and family that…

Robert Chelsea just got a new face, and with it, he is the latest milestone in the burgeoning world of facial transplant surgery. He is the first…

For the first time, vaping devices and cartridges will be accepted during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday. Since the program…

Several retailers have pulled Johnson’s baby powder from shelves after Johnson & Johnson announced earlier this month it was recalling…

Fentanyl remains the deadliest drug in the United States. But in some areas of the country, methamphetamine kills more people. A new report from the…