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Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy unveiled on Thursday a series of measures aimed at combating and preventing opioid addiction.

The transition from youth to adolescence can be anxiety-inducing, navigating the physical changes and social pressures to fit in.But for those who…

At least a million more home aides will be needed in the next decade, U.S. statistics suggest. And about a quarter of today's 3 million aides who help older adults avoid nursing homes are immigrants.

The centenarians living in Blue Zones aren't drinking Ensure or eating chocolate ice cream. Instead, many are drinking wine, and all are eating beans. But living to 100 isn't just about diet.

A study finding that using hormonal birth control raises women's risk of depression raised a lot of eyebrows, but also shows how much we still don't know about women's health.

NPR National Correspondent Debbie Elliott can be heard telling stories from her native South. She covers the latest news and politics, and is attuned to the region's rich culture and history.

Doctors have long disputed that the payments they receive from pharmaceutical companies have any relationship to how they prescribe drugs.There’s been…

We begin this week with a step back from the Ebola crisis to consider the big picture. Now that one person has died here in the United States and visitors…

"There's been a lot of news this week about the Ebola outbreak, both the thousands of cases in West Africa and a handful here in the U.S. As we record…

If blood can’t flow properly through an artery in your circulatory system, it often spells bad news for whatever is on the other side of that blockage. If…