Health

Teen births in the United States dropped to a record low last year, falling 9 percent from 2015, U.S. health officials reported Friday....Read More

Almost half of people with type 1 diabetes are still producing some insulin more than a decade after being diagnosed with the disease, a new study suggests....Read More

A recent study by the University of Sussex suggests that storybooks for children having too many pictures can limit word learning among young readers....Read More

Researchers are using liquid biopsies to not only detect circulating tumor DNA to determine if a treatment is no longer working but may answer why....Read More

A new study finds that Americans who don’t have health insurance face a significantly higher risk for premature death....Read More

Depression is known to be linked to worsening physical health, and a new study finds this may be especially true for cancer caregivers....Read More

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday a plan to eliminate its existing orphan designation request backlog for orphan drugs....Read More

Researchers have successfully completed the first clinical trial of a patch that delivers the influenza vaccine through microneedles....Read More

A study shows that teens who become overweight during adolescence appear to face a higher stroke risk later....Read More

Drugs used to treat acid reflux and ulcers don’t appear to boost the risk of dementia, as has been previously suspected, new research suggests....Read More