"Watching my mom die of ALS was one of the most awful things I’ve gone through. I don’t want my children to see me suffer ...

At 17, he started his long journey through addiction treatment units. Now 22, he has been treated numerous times in the psychiatric unit of his local hospital for bipolar disorder, dual diagnosis, and ...

More and more kids today are being diagnosed with “adult” diseases like diabetes and high blood pressure. But can kids get ...

So it would seem helpful that new research on autism has just discovered a possible genetic link -- an alteration near a gene called semaphorin 5A, which is thought to guide the growth of brain-cell ...

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University of Florida basketball player Olivier Rioux is quite literally reaching new heights in the 2026 NCAA March Madness tournament. Rioux, 20, stands tall at 7-foot-9, making him the tallest ...

It can be tragic to grow up as the "black sheep" in your own home. And kids who grow up feeling like an outsider in their own ...

MoDOT is working with the city of Joplin to widen I-44 to six lanes, with construction expected to begin next spring.

BioMarin will discontinue dosing and enrollment of its phase 2 trials for Voxzogo—currently approved in achondroplasia, a ...

North Dakota has the fifth-lowest childhood obesity rates in the country, but the state's obesity rates increase into adulthood. According to data from State of Childhood ...

One mother told Newsweek she was "terrified" of losing access to the drug her daughter relies on as a result of an FDA rejection.

The new guidelines aim to give doctors and their patients an individualized and clear path to follow. Heart disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide, according to the ...