Health & Safety
Health Insurers Are Still Skimping On Mental Health Coverage
Behavioral care is four times more likely to be out-of-network than medical or surgical care, a nationwide study shows. That can make treatment unaffordable even for people who have health insurance.
Working Moms Have Been A 'Thing' Since Ancient History
Who ruled early farming? Women! Studies of ancient bones show that women's physical labor was crucial to driving the agricultural revolution in Europe.
Fake Drugs Are A Major Global Problem, WHO Reports
Fake, substandard and expired medications are sold everywhere, from Canadian websites to pharmacies in Niger. Controlling them, says the World Health Organization, will be no small feat.
Scientists Train Bacteria To Build Unnatural Proteins
Bacteria engineered with an expanded genetic alphabet can produce novel proteins, which could lead to the development of new drugs.
Advocates For Patients With Rare Diseases Defend Tax Credits For Orphan Drugs
The Republican tax plan could reduce or eliminate federal tax credits that reward companies for developing drugs to treat rare diseases. People who benefit from the medicines have objected.
7 Ways You Can Protect Yourself From Outrageous Medical Bills
Prepare to joust over bills with hospitals, medical providers and insurers. You can win by being smart and assertive and acting before a test or treatment is administered.
Gene Therapy Shows Promise For A Growing List Of Diseases
After decades of hope and disappointment, doctors have now been able to treat several different types of genetic conditions by giving each patient a healthy version of their defective gene.
How Dogs Are Lending A Paw To Uganda's Traumatized War Veterans
In Uganda, dogs are not typically pets and are often feared. But one young man decided to see if therapy dogs might be helpful for traumatized veterans of the civil war.