The Supreme Court Monday left in place a Kentucky law requiring abortion providers to perform an ultrasound and show and describe it to the patient, regardless of the patient’s wishes. The justices did not offer MORE
Death rates from suicide, drug overdoses, liver disease and dozens of other causes have been rising over the past decade for young and middle-aged adults, driving down overall life expectancy in the United States for MORE
A case published on Thursday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal chronicles a lung injury called bronchiolitis, a serious and irreversible lung condition caused by chemical exposure. A chemical called diacetyl is known to cause MORE
The House Judiciary Committee passed a bill on Wednesday that could decriminalize marijuana use at the federal level, giving states more room to craft unique regulations. The “Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2019” — also called the MORE
As someone who had to start wearing glasses at age 9, I was excited to see a new FDA update this morning: the agency has approved the first contact lens indicated to slow the progression MORE
South Dakota’s governor, Kristi Noem, was hoping a new ad campaign would draw attention to methamphetamine addiction in her state. It worked, but perhaps not in the way she intended. The campaign’s slogan, unveiled this MORE
Everything seemed ready to go: President Trump’s ban on most flavored e-cigarettes had been cleared by federal regulators. Officials were poised to announce they would order candy, fruit and mint flavors off the market within MORE
The scientific study of happiness (aka positive psychology) has mushroomed over the last two decades. Major research institutions have taken on substantial and often thought-provoking forays into the joy of joy, with surprising and often enlightening results. MORE
Today I was looking up chicken-pox parties (ugh!) and I noticed a headline on the People magazine website about unsafe drinking water on US airlines. This study is a little scary but I thought it MORE
Skimping on sleep may put people at higher risk for accumulating the protein plaques in the brain involved in Alzheimer’s disease. NPR Shots reported from Thursday’s edition of Science that brain waves generated during deep MORE
If Georgia State Rep. Ginny Ehrhart, R (but, of course!) has her way, “Georgia medical providers who perform surgeries or administer or prescribe medications that assist minors with gender transition could be charged with a MORE
In a revelation Tuesday that Planned Parenthood Advocates in Missouri described as “deeply disturbing,” the state health director Dr. Randall Williams testified at an administrative commission hearing that he kept a spreadsheet to track Planned MORE
During Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, he promised he would deliver the best health care ever for everyone. That hasn’t happened. Instead, we have seen an increase in “the number of uninsured children in the U.S. MORE
An unnamed 46-year-old was pulled over by police in 2014, with a breathalyser showing he was five times over the legal limit. The man claimed he had not drank a drop of alcohol, which both MORE
Care for some of the sickest Americans is decided in part by algorithm. New research shows that software guiding care for tens of millions of people systematically privileges white patients over black patients. Analysis of records MORE
This week NPR Shots reported on the progress of a US sickle-cell patient enrolled in a clinical study to look at CRISPR’s safety and efficacy in treating this disease. She’s the first US patient being MORE
Time for a feel good story. When Shauna Darcy first brought Ruby home, the plan was to have Ruby act as a service dog to help her with anxiety, depression and agoraphobia. Ruby was an MORE
A tetraplegic man has been able to move all four of his paralyzed limbs by using a brain-controlled robotic suit, researchers have said. The 28-year-old man from Lyon, France, known as Thibault, was paralyzed from MORE
Thomas Stanley, 33, of Andover, was less than a quarter mile (0.4 kilometer) from finishing the FlatRock trail race at the Elk City State Park when he was struck around 2:15 Saturday, said race director MORE
Conservative leaders are circulating data to White House staff that claims adults who vape will turn on President Trump if he follows through with his planned ban on flavored e-cigarettes, Axios has learned. Between the lines: The MORE
The number and rate of abortions across the United States have plunged to their lowest levels since the procedure became legal nationwide in 1973, according to new figures released Wednesday. The report from the Guttmacher MORE
More than 1 in 16 women consider their first sexual experience to be rape, a study published Monday found. In a survey of 13,310 American women from 18 to 44 years old, about 6.5 percent reported their first sexual MORE
According to four government officials, Trumps’s latest, brilliant idea will focus on cleaning up CA’s homeless problem, primarily Los Angeles’ ‘Skid Row.’ It’s unclear exactly how the administration would implement or accomplish this or even MORE
Vaccine opponents in California appealed to another “Jen” today: Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the wife of Gov. Gavin Newsom, in a desperate attempt to urge Mr. Newsom to veto bills restricting fraudulent vaccine exemptions. The anti-vaxers MORE
A recent advisory from the Centers for Disease Control is warning Americans of the hazards of contact with chickens, including the risk of catching salmonella. This year alone, the CDC has recorded 1,003 cases of MORE