N.C. officials promote children's dental health
February is National Children’s Dental Health Month, and North Carolina officials are stressing the importance of kids' dental hygiene.
Health & Safety
FDA move to ban formaldehyde in hair straighteners called too little, too late
The FDA will soon move to ban formaldehyde in hair-straightening products. It's more than a decade after research raised alarms about health risks and other worrying chemicals remain in the products.
As 'magic mushrooms' got more attention, drug busts of the psychedelic drug went up
Busts of psilocybin mushrooms went way up from 2017 to 2022, a new study finds, even as the psychedelic drug's potential benefits have been explored by scientists.
Doctors face huge stigma about mental illness. Now there's an effort to change that
Doctors have long dealt with perceived threats to their careers if they are open about mental illness and addiction. Now about two dozen states are changing licensing forms to lessen the stigma.
You can order a test to find out your biological age. Is it worth it?
Learning your DNA age sounds intriguing. But researchers caution the results might make you nervous. And they don't tell you much about what steps to take next.
Guilford County Board of Commissioners selects High Point site for new, women recovery center
The Guilford County Board of Commissioners approved a High Point facility as the location for a new center to aid women with children in recovery from substance use.
Tennessee law denied Allie Phillips an abortion. So she's now running for office
Phillips, 28, never expected to go into politics. But after she got devastating news about her pregnancy, everything changed.
The truth about caffeine
Life Kit offers tips on how to better understand the effect caffeine has on our bodies, and make sure your relationship with your favorite caffeinated drink is a healthy one.
New Grammy category for African music ignores almost all of Africa
Grammy is unveiling an award for "Best African Music Performance." Do the nominees fulfill the goal of "recognizing recordings that utilize unique local expressions from across the ... continent"?
Are you happy? New film follows a Bhutan bureaucrat who asks 148 questions to find out
The new documentary Agent of Happiness explores Bhutan's efforts to measure its own "gross national happiness." The film follows one not-especially-happy agent who gathers the data.