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This week: A new therapeutic court offers a way to cope for victims of sex trafficking. American Stem Cell tourists might not have to leave the country to…

"We have this idea that if we are just cruel enough and mean enough ... to people with addiction, that they will suddenly wake up and stop, and that is not the case," journalist Maia Szalavitz says.

When Annie Powell, 35, was in the midst of a 72-hour manic episode in February 2013, she felt like Superwoman: productive and energetic. “I went to the…

A new NPR poll shows about a third of working adults have no sick leave, even as more people are living with chronic health problems that require regular care.

In a big hotel conference room in Times Square, six doctors huddle around a greasy piece of pork. They watch as an addiction medicine specialist, Michael…

For some patients looking to break their addiction to heroin or prescription painkillers, there's a drug out there that works. It’s called Suboxone, but…

A group called Truckers Against Trafficking is helping states enlist truckers to spot and report forced prostitution. The effort has sent traffickers to prison and liberated hundreds of sex slaves.

This week: Doctors are learning new tricks about how to treat addiction ... on pork. Drug price controls might not offer all the protection we hope it…

It’s a landmark day for transgender Americans.Under a new policy from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, doctors and hospitals that receive…

A sip of soda will become more expensive next year in Philadelphia, which recently became the second city in the United States to pass a tax on sugary…