It must have been a heartbreaking sight during a routine traffic stop -- a baby in the backseat, covered in vomit. The state troopers knew exactly what to do.
In one of the first looks at privately insured patients with opioid problems, researchers paint a grim picture: Medical services for people with opioid dependence diagnoses skyrocketed more than 3,000 percent between 2007 and 2014.
The good news is that maternal mortality rates are declining worldwide. The bad news? The situation for women in the United States is a glaring exception. And in Texas, where clinics serving women have shuttered and their health interests have been battled all the way up to the US Supreme Court, the rate of pregnancy-related deaths more than doubled over the course of two years.
With the number of Zika cases in the United States growing, the mayor of Miami Beach, Florida, says he's frustrated that Congress still hasn't passed a bill to help combat the virus.
There's long been evidence that there are certain times of year that are popular for divorce. But passive aggressive Facebook drama isn't exactly quantifiable data, so a new study from the University of Wisconsin has provided some actual numbers to support the trend.
Virus hunters explore the depths of the earth looking for deadly pathogens with the potential to ransfer from animals to humans and cause outbreaks in the population.
Cutting down on animal protein does more than slash calories; it lowers your cholesterol and blood pressure as well as your risks of heart disease, diabetes and cancer.
