Erin Blakemore

Over half of children ages 6 to 8 — and nearly 60 percent of U.S. adolescents — have cavities, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Women, people without a previous history of hearing loss, and people with higher education and income were at increased risk.

Keeping a child home from school for “cognitive rest” after a concussion may do more harm than good, according to a study.

Transient ischemic attacks occur when a temporary blockage of blood to the brain produces stroke-like symptoms that swiftly resolve.

Those who garden look forward to the season of seed packets, plantings and abundant harvests. But research indicates another reason to eagerly anticipate a return to gardening: better health.

Those who lived in places with both low incomes and high income inequality were more than two times more likely to have psychiatrist shortages.

The CDC says the new charts will enable better treatment and tracking of kids with high body mass index.

The American Experience film tells a story of honest intentions and sinister consequences.

Researchers attribute the change to a dramatic decline in fertility treatments at the beginning of the pandemic.

Women are more than three times more likely than men to develop urinary tract infections.