A new study from Sweden suggests that younger siblings may be significantly more likely to kill themselves as adults, with an 18 percent increase in suicides for every step down the familial hierarchy.

The newly approved antibacterial Dalvance has been shown as effective as other treatments for adults with skin infections, which are often serious and potentially deadly.

In a new Southern strategy, Louisiana lawmakers passed a bill on Wednesday modeled after similar legislation in Texas that would require abortion providers to secure admitting privileges at a hospital within a 30-mile radius.

Doctors say today's generation of schoolchildren are missing the health benefits of walking or biking to school.

Researchers say improvements to newborn health among disadvantaged U.S. populations may be attributed to a greater social safety net.

With implications for the treatment of antisocial personality disorder and postpartum depression, researchers in Brazil say the human brain may be "trained" to develop greater feelings of empathy for others.

A new study shows the perils of "driving while pregnant."

A new economic study from the University of Miami shows the importance of scholastic achievement during the formative high school years to later socioeconomic success in adulthood, so important to health and well-being.

A new scientific inquiry shows that people may forgive themselves for past wrongs against others by making restitution and offering apology. However, women experience a slightly harder time letting go.

Though previously observed in mice, epigenetic change brought by variance in maternal diet has now been shown to affect human genetic functioning, as methyl compounds effectively tag and "silence" genes.

Kids with fetal alcohol syndrome disorder, known as FASD, are often "misdiagnosed" by parents and educators more familiar with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Young children ages 4 and younger are most likely to suffer injury or death falling from windows. Every year, nearly 200 U.S. children are hospitalized for such injuries.