(AP) – The Social Security Administration is expanding its Compassionate Allowances program, which is designed to provide decisions on disability claims within several days _ instead of months or ...

In my research focused on early farmers of Europe, I have often wondered about a curious pattern through time: Farmers lived in large dense villages, then dispersed for centuries, then later formed ...

Premature birth is now the most common, serious, and costly infant health problem facing our nation. Spontaneous preterm birth is a common outcome of a broad combination of medical and social factors.

Among adults with chronic liver disease, social isolation from living alone was associated with a 40% increased risk for all-cause mortality and with greater odds of food and healthcare-related ...

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued a new report on Tuesday with new evidence showing that minorities and people with lower economic status are more likely to suffer from tobacco-related chronic ...