Study: Vast Majority Of People Who Are Depressed Do Not Seek Help
In poor countries, only 1 in 27 people received minimally adequate care. In wealthy countries, it's 1 in 5.
Health & Safety
Winners And Losers If 21st Century Cures Bill Becomes Law
Sweeping legislation that would reshape how the Food and Drug Administration reviews new products and bolster National Institutes of Health funding is moving closer to becoming law. What's at stake?
Time For Homeopathic Remedies To Prove That They Work?
The Federal Trade Commission told purveyors of homeopathic remedies that they have to say there's no scientific evidence that these nostrums actually work. The question is, will fans care?
Only 26 Percent Of Americans Support Full Repeal Of Obamacare, Poll Finds
As Republicans debate how to keep their promise to dismantle Obamacare, a Kaiser poll suggests that the law has strong support for some key provisions.
Top U.S. AIDS Official Touts Progress, Has Tough Words For Tanzania
An interview with Dr. Deborah Birx, the U.S. Global AIDS coordinator. She says this is an "exciting" time in the global fight against the disease.
Legal Battles Over Abortion Continue In States Across U.S.
Whatever a Trump administration does when it comes to abortion, state by state legal battles over the procedure will continue to play out. More lawsuits and another restrictions were announced this week.
Zap! Magnet Study Offers Fresh Insights Into How Memory Works
A magnetic pulse to a certain spot in the brain of healthy volunteers restored recently "forgotten" thoughts, researchers found. The study is shifting the understanding of short-term recall.
Why Can't We Bring Down The Number Of New HIV Cases?
Despite progress against the disease, roughly 2 million people are infected with the virus every year.
A Million Dollar Prize For A Doctor Who Goes The Extra Mile
Dr. Raj Panjabi started Last Mile Health to bring health care to remote parts of Liberia. Now he has received the very generous TED Prize, to be used to fulfill "a wish."
Life Inside The Alzheimer's Ward: A Hidden World Revealed
The dementia wing of a nursing home is foreign territory to most people. Photographer Maja Daniels spent three years documenting the lives of people with Alzheimer's in a hospital in France.