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This week - Those smoke breaks don't make you just stink, they cost billions ... Bad news, kids, there are new sugar guidelines your parents might stick…

Government data show that fewer women are having labor induced before 39 weeks for nonmedical reasons. Advocates say that change is good for the health of babies.

Over the years, schizophrenia—a severe brain disorder, in which people interpret reality abnormally—has been blamed as the cause for different crimes,…

Today was the start date for a federal policy that gives companies more leeway to skip insurance coverage for contraceptives. Companies can now limit…

This week - Some hospitals are replacing those pricey EpiPens with others -- for $10 ... How young is too young to start screening kids for obesity? ...…

E-cigarettes and smoking hookah have gained popularity among middle and high school students in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and…

This week - President-elect Trump's pick to run Medicare and Medicaid helped shape health policy in Indiana - is it a harbinger of what's to come? ...…

This week - Like most Americans, transgender people are wondering what a Trump administration means for them. Unlike most, however, they are worried about…

New numbers released by the federal government reveal a continuing upward trend in drug overdose deaths, with 43,982 deaths in 2013 from both prescription…

This story was co-published with NPR.At 11:58 p.m. this past June 25, Helen Taylor gave birth to her first baby, a boy, at West Suffolk Hospital in the…