Health

The acting head of the Food and Drug Administration is calling for a government investigation into highly unusual contacts between her agency’s drug reviewers and the maker of a controversial new Alzheimer’s drug

The Food and Drug Administration has approved new prescribing instructions that are likely to limit use of a controversial new Alzheimer’s drug

The recent emergence of a virus that typically sickens children in colder months has baffled U.S. pediatricians and put many infants in the hospital with troublesome coughs and breathing trouble

Hydrating, no-cook foods are the order of the day when temperatures soar.

Doctors are trying to figure out who should get a new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease

A group of Muslim mental health professionals — along with some faith leaders and activists in the United States — are working to raise awareness about mental illness and suicide prevention and provide religiously and culturally sensitive guidance.

Many working-age people assume that Medicare covers just about every kind of health care that an older person may need. It doesn’t.

Experts say a laceration like this is a rare complication of the surgery

There are some serious risks, but if you choose to co-sleep, there are also some things you can do to minimize those risks.

The Affordable Care Act is now secure in the framework of the nation’s health care programs, and Democrats are eager to leap above and beyond.

This year may be bringing the perfect storm when it comes to deer tick numbers and the danger of Lyme disease and some other scary illnesses the nasty little bloodsuckers bring.

Demand for treatments, everything from teeth whitening to full smile-makeovers, has been higher than pre-pandemic levels, one cosmetic dentist has observed.

Ketchup may solve your summer hair woes — here’s how.