Jayne O'Donnell

One patient, 11, gained 40 pounds. Even though he doesn’t have Type 2 diabetes like his parents, his doctor predicts he will.

COVID-19 patients whose immune systems have been weakened by the coronavirus can be more susceptible to bacterial infections and superbugs.

Amid projections of soaring suicide, drug and alcohol deaths stemming from the pandemic, treatment centers and their patients struggle to keep going.

The International African American Museum is being built on Gadsden’s Wharf, a landing point for enslaved African people brought to the USA.

Dr. Terry Jarrett said she stresses “alternatives” to suicide, helping young patients recognize “there a reason for you to live.”

The extra weight on people in the 40-plus BMI range who contract COVID-19 increases the chance they will require hospitalization, likely in the ICU.

The key to caring for patients on ventilators, who often have to remain intubated and connected to them for two weeks, is “profoundily simplistic,” said Harrell.

At Long Island Community Hospital, nurses and other workers knew about three dozen of their own were out sick with COVID-19. At least one, popular intensive care unit nurse Ali Dennis Guillermo, was on a breathing machine until he died after a three-week battle with the virus.

Americans are getting lonelier and jeopardizing their health as more join the gig economy or skip the commute to an office, a report out Thursday found.

From Joe Biden’s campaign against Donald Trump to conflict with Iran and the killing of Qasem Soleimani, here are some of our top columns of the week.

Government health officials say excessive use of potent THC can lead to psychosis. Marijuana advocates say they can’t be trusted.

Teens whose face time with friends is mostly on their phones are the loneliest of all, but even those who mix real-world socialising with social media still are increasingly isolated, a report out March 20 shows.

The percent of high school seniors who said they often felt lonely increased from 26 percent in 2012 to 39 percent in 2017.

After decades of effort to increase the ranks of African-American doctors, blacks remain an underrepresented minority in the nation’s medical schools.

Doctors say alcohol is often the most dangerous substance for the body to withdraw from – and still more so, when attempted without medical supervision.

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And, believe it or not, social media usage is not correlated with loneliness but face to face conversation is an antidote if you’re socially isolated.

If not anchored to walls, the furniture can tip over and crush children, the retailer said.

How To Crashproof Your Teen Driver  Edmunds.com

Obama chose a Costco store in Maryland to push for a hike in the federal minimum wage.