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A large study suggests some may use e-cigarettes to quit smoking tobacco. But the survey also shows that nearly 10 percent of young adults who have never smoked tobacco have used the devices.

Medical school applications have gone way up in the past few decades. But one group of applicants has not grown: black men.

Conventional wisdom for couples trying to conceive is the sex that's happening while the woman is ovulating is the sex that counts. But a recent study…

Maryland has flipped financial incentives for hospitals. They get paid a set amount each year and can make money when patients are healthy and don't need hospital care.

For three decades, men who have sex with men were barred from ever donating blood. A new policy will allow gay and bisexual men to donate, but only if they've been celibate for at least a year.

With just a little over a month left in the third open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act, some people may need a little additional help…

Laldin Liana, a recently-arrived refugee, sits in his doctor’s office in Columbia, Missouri, talking about his life – his favorite Jason Statham movies,…

Reporting the results of trials on humans to the federal government's public-access website ClinicalTrials.gov has been mandatory since 2008. But…

Mental health courts are popular in many communities, and it’s easy to understand why. Rather than sending someone who’s mentally ill to an overcrowded…

Robert Spitzer helped create the first set of rigorous standards to identify mental disorders.