Health & Safety

The World Health Organization will start phasing out the oral vaccine next spring.

A new report points to Rockingham County as one of the unhealthiest places to live in North Carolina. And it's not the first time the county has earned this dubious distinction.

Advertising for products to treat symptoms of menopause is becoming much more upfront about issues like painful sex. But more than a few of the remedies are solutions in search of a problem.

Families should rethink how seniors give up driving, researchers say. Figuring out transportation alternatives long ahead of time can help preserve independence and avoid painful confrontations.

Thirteen years after a study on hormone therapy was abruptly halted due to concerns about cancer risk, some doctors say that it's safe for most younger women if they take hormones short term.