Can Family Secrets Make You Sick?
Few doctors — and few patients — realize just how profoundly early abuse, neglect and other childhood traumas can damage an adult's physical health.
Health & Safety
Improving Housing Can Pay Dividends In Better Health
Living in substandard housing can make health problems like asthma much worse. Two mothers tell of their families' struggles to stay healthy in poor housing and their efforts to improve their lot.
Alleged Patient Safety Kickbacks Lead To $1 Million Settlement
The Justice Department claimed patient safety celebrity Dr. Chuck Denham solicited payments from a medical products company to win a prestigious National Quality Forum endorsement for its antiseptic.
Take The ACE Quiz — And Learn What It Does And Doesn't Mean
First developed in the 1990s, the 10 questions of the Adverse Childhood Experiences test are designed to take a rough measure of a difficult childhood. Finding out your score is easy. Now what?
Psst, We'll Pay You A Bribe If You Read This Story
An estimated 1.6 billion people — many of them in the developing world — pay bribes for public services, according to a new book. The alternative may be no health care and no education.
Life After Death
The world is starting to forget about Ebola. The village of Barkedu can't.
GOP Faults Shift Of Funds To HealthCare.Gov From NIH And CDC
House Republicans are asking why the Obama administration moved money to run the federal insurance marketplace in 37 states, after House Democrats didn't appropriate enough funding.
When Food Is Too Good To Waste, College Kids Pick Up The Scraps
Millions of tons of food are wasted on college campuses around the country, and students are noticing. Some of them are now rescuing food to make tasty meals for the needy and compost for gardens.
People With Low Incomes Say They Pay A Price In Poor Health
People with household incomes of less than $25,000 a year say in a new poll that the lack of cash really hurts their health. Low-quality food and dangerous housing are two reasons why.
Poll Explores Our Perception Of How Factors Large And Small Shape People's Health
Health is not just about trips to the doctor, according to a poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. Housing, stress and abuse are factors.