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An employer in Indiana is piloting a program that offers a path to employment after failing a drug test.

Now Hiring: A Company Offers Drug Treatment And A Job To Addicted Applicants

Like many employers, Belden couldn't find enough workers for its Indiana factory. So it started a first-of-its-kind program which pays for drug treatment to job applicants failing drug tests.

Billie Iverson, 86, of Cranston, R.I., recently underwent a transplant of intestinal microbes that likely saved her life.

Microbe Transplants Treat Some Diseases That Drugs Can't Fix

When an especially nasty intestinal bug threatened 86-year-old Billie Iverson, an unusual transplant saved her. The medical solution, still experimental, was to replace her dangerous digestive bacteria with a healthier mix of microbes.

Searching For A New Liver; Traveling For A Transplant

Last summer, Seth Doraiswami, a stonemason from Belmont, Massachusetts planned a trip to Wisconsin, to get a new liver.Doraiswami, 33, was born with a…

Black Americans are disproportionately affected by heart disease. Socioeconomic and health care disparities play a big role but genetics can exacerbate the problem too. Researchers hope that dedicating more resources to studying heart disease in Black patients will improve health outcomes. Still, improving community health and access to preventative medicine remain the most important to prevent complications like heart failure, physicians say.

A rare gene mutation in Black patients is associated with early-onset heart failure

New research finds a strong association between a rare genetic mutation and early-onset heart failure and hospitalization among Black Americans. Patients of African descent carrying this genetic mutation developed heart failure four years earlier than those not carrying it.

A woman stands in a room front of two recliners.

Amidst a lack of mental health services, the ‘Living Room’ approach aims to plug gaps

In Illinois, providers hope the Living Room model will help fill the gap in mental health services, as the nation’s new mental health crisis number, 988, rolls out this month.

Smokers And What They Face Before, After Surgery

http://media.soundmedicine.org/segments/042813_3.mp3Smokers having elective surgery face a slew of potential health problems including wound infection,…

The Troubling Relationship Between Depression And Diabetes

According to a 2013 meta-analysis, those with diabetes are 25 percent more likely to become depressed, a well-accepted association. A different…

Vanessa Gomez (left) with her son Ezra, 2, and her friend Cristy Fernandez with her 9-month-old-son River, in the Wynwood neighborhood of Miami. At least 14 people likely caught Zika from mosquitoes in the neighborhood, health officials say. Gomez calls that news "scary," but adds, "we cannot stop living our lives."

With Zika in Miami, What Should Pregnant Women Across The U.S. Do?

Federal health officials are cautioning pregnant travelers to avoid a Miami neighborhood where at least 14 cases of the virus have been traced to local mosquitoes. What about the rest of Florida?

A box of 3-D models 24-year-old student Amos Dudley made of his teeth. The model labeled "3" rests on a 3-D-printed tray Dudley made to make impressions of his teeth with a putty-like material. Also in the box are a clear plastic aligner and other 3-D models used to make more aligners, each one pushing the problematic teeth further into place.

New Jersey Student Uses 3-D Printer For DIY Dental Work

Tired of his crooked teeth, 24-year-old Amos Dudley made a mold of his teeth and fabricated a set of aligners using orthodontics reference books, a 3-D printer and other digital fabrication tools.

'This Would Take A Toll On Anybody.' St. Louis Clinic Addresses Need For Immigrants' Mental Health

Several parts of the country have only a quarter or less than the mental health professionals they need, according to the federal Health Resources and…

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