Tunatura/iStock(NEW YORK) -- New research is highlighting the role men play in infertility and miscarriage. When men smoke marijuana once a week or more, their partners are twice as likely to experience a miscarriage...

Moore Media/iStock(NEW YORK) --  Since the 1990s, suicide attempts among black youth have risen 73%, while attempts among white youth fell 7.5%, according to a study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics. ...

kate_sept2004/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Breastfeeding is not only good for mothers and their babies, but it also protects the environment according to an editorial in the British Medical Journal. "It benefits all of society,"...

Srisakorn/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Miscarriage -- the loss of a pregnancy in any trimester -- is a common occurrence that affects countless women but remains a taboo topic in our culture. Statistics differ, but according to...

iStock/Eugeneonline(WASHINGTON) -- The Department of Health and Human Services reversed course on its opioid guidelines this week and advised doctors that cutting off pain patients' prescriptions suddenly could do more...

jarun011/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Sexually transmitted infections hit a record high 2.4 million cases in 2018, making it the fifth year in a row that cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis have spiked, according to new...

Julie Curry, owner of Bake'n Babes(TAMPA, Fla.) -- Milkshakes are changing a Florida woman’s fight against breast cancer after a bakery owner surprised her with a fundraiser. “It felt really good," recipient...

Nastasic/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Are weed moms the new wine moms? Though "wine mom" culture has long been the source of many a mommy meme and largely socially acceptable, marijuana-using moms are stepping out of the shadows...

iStock(NEW YORK) -- A salmonella outbreak in 13 states has been linked to pet turtles, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

iStock(NEW YORK) -- Does a dad's drinking matter as much as a mom's before conception? Researchers in China believe that a father's alcohol intake may actually affect a future child more than a mother's. They completed a...

(WEST ORANGE, N.J.) -- A nurse in New Jersey is suing a hospital, claiming that she was taken off the schedule and eventually pushed out of her job on an adult psychiatry unit after she reported to higher-ups that some...

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petrunjela/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Influencers who stand by their detox product compelled Sophie Turner to speak out, and she spilled the proverbial tea on the weight-loss industry. Detox teas are somewhat of a hot-button...

MangoStar_Studio/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Women know the drill: They start menstruating as teenagers, or earlier, and have the ability to become pregnant, and then as they age they lose both their period and childbearing...

Gillette Childrens Specialty Healthcare(ST. PAUL, Minn.) -- A Minnesota boy who received custom made glasses with a specialty strap system to fit his disabilities can now see with ease. Eight-year-old Bentley Erikson was...

Jovanmandic/iStock(ATLANTA) -- Not enough pregnant women are getting the flu vaccine and it's putting themselves, their babies and the public at risk, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and...

alexei_tm/iStock(UPPSALA, Sweden) -- A dog is known as "man's best friend," but owning a dog may literally save your life, according to new research from Uppsala University. "There is a lot of anecdotal evidence that...

monkeybusinessimages/iStock(SEATTLE) -- The 2016 documentary Screenagers hit a nerve. More than 4 million people trekked to schools and community centers to watch a screening of the documentary that chronicled the rise of...

Owen Riley(NEW YORK) -- Having trouble sleeping? Well, maybe an ASMR video from Owen Dennis Riley can help. But these aren’t just your regular ASMR videos that you find on YouTube. Riley, better known as...

mangpor_2004/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Stanford University has agreed to change its involuntary leave of absence policy, mental health staffing and training to better accommodate students facing mental illness crises, including...