Category: Health

One in six children and teenagers, ages 6 to 17, experience a mental health disorder every year in the U.S. Suicide is the second leading

Mental health care is not always covered by health insurance. In our partnership with Kaiser Health News and NPR’s Bill of the Month series, we

Scorpions can be deadly, but they can also help save lives. Researchers have discovered that molecules derived from the scorpion’s venom, combined with fluorescent dye

Can what you eat make a difference in preventing cancer, or in aiding cancer treatment itself? Correspondent Martha Teichner talks with Dr. Margaret Cuomo, dietician

A suspected link between childhood trauma and the risk of developing endometriosis in later life was strengthened Wednesday with the publication of study that showed

Big changes are being are being proposed to a food aid program as part of President Tweety McTreason’s tax-cut legislation

The American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates today passed the Endocrine Society’s resolution to improve access to anti-obesity medications.

Weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are used by over 15 million adults in the U.S., or 4.5% of the population. Despite their effectiveness

Breast cancer remains the most prevalent malignancy among women worldwide, posing a critical challenge to global health.

Women deserve better than to have their menstrual data treated as consumer data, say researchers.

In his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, physician and scientist Siddhartha Mukherjee called cancer “The Emperor of All Maladies.” He and anchor Jane Pauley discuss the milestones

Anna Werner examines the subject of cancer clusters, and how difficult it is to detect and link environmental causes to cancer cases. Originally broadcast on

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on June 9 he is removing the entire independent committee that advises the Centers for

Weapons dubbed “less lethal” are once again being used in Los Angeles, this time against people protesting the Trump administration’s immigration raids.  During the 2020