Do we control our genetic information, or is it controlling us?

For centuries, doctors dismissed the suffering of female patients. After years of illness, author Abby Norman decided to fight back.

The story of California's rescued bears isn't just heartwarming. It's the beginning of a new way to think about burn treatment.

There’s a nationwide organ shortage, but how long patients wait for a transplant can depend on how much money they have.

Elisabeth Rosenthal's new book 'An American Sickness' traces the effects of profit in American health care.

An interview with journalist Meredith Wadman.

Many mental health professionals believe the president is ill. But what if the cause is an untreated STD?

The 21st Century Cures Act has been lauded as a bipartisan success. It's actually the result of a long war on drug regulation.

A new book outlines an epidemic of over-diagnosis and addiction.

Despite decades of promising research, the many men who want their own contraceptive pill still have nothing.

Have antidepressant drugs ever truly worked—and does that matter?

Scientists have discovered a radical new way to treat our most traumatic memories.

What drives the partners of men who have died to try and have their babies? A journey into the fraught world of post-mortem sperm donation.

A rare genetic disorder protects its carriers from disease and aging. What if a diet could replicate its effects?

Many adults with anorexia have distinctive traits that lock them into a destructive relationship with food. Those same traits could help them escape it.

A writer explores manipulating her diet to treat her Type 2 diabetes.