In 1999, the Institute of Medicine published a report that described how 98,000 Americans were dying every year in hospitals due to preventable medical errors. …

Negative self-image of adolescents fosters increasingly damaging behaviors
Adolescents who think little of themselves tend to shy away from interactions with peers. This uncertainty and …

Ancient brewery discovered on mountaintop in Peru
Archaeologists working in southern Peru found an ancient brewery more than 1,000 years old. Remains of the brewing …

The maker of a popular medicine for schizophrenia has notified doctors that it minimized potentially fatal safety risks and made misleading claims about the …

Alcohol is the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of the medical world: Drinking too much causes serious problems, while drinking a little may help many …

Somewhere among the more than 15,000 newspaper, magazine, television and radio journalists roaming the Democratic National Convention this week in Boston will be more than …

The Bargaining Council for the Cleaning Contract Industry has ruled against a Durban cleaner who claimed damages from her employer after she was stripped of …

It’s not something that’s easy to talk about.

Suicide.

It can be a source of shame for loved ones and family members, who speak of …

The thoughts of family members and colleagues left behind fill with “what ifs.”

Over and over in their minds, they replay the last hours, days …

Ask travel agent Kathy Kurtzman whether a lot of people are stressed and overdue for vacations by the time they book their holidays and …

The Department of Health and Human Services will announce this fall a plan to improve access to mental health services. The initiative follows the release …

An authoritative medical study has given further backing to claims that smoking cannabis can trigger mental illness.
Scientists found the drug caused schizophrenia-like symptoms …