Health

You can help prevent suicide, researchers say, by knowing the signs and reaching out. More boys and men in the U.S. take their own lives than women and girls, but that difference has narrowed.

An anesthesiologist who taught himself statistics identified flaws in an influential study that claimed to prove the Mediterranean diet has cardiovascular benefits. The 2013 paper is being retracted.

Minnesota is one of the 20 states that have drug-induced homicide laws allowing a prosecutor to charge someone who delivers or provides illegal drugs to a victim of an overdose death.

Women diagnosed with breast cancer often have a combined treatment of surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. Now a new nine-year study published in the New England Journal of Medicine determined that for some women, chemo can be replaced with a hormone-blocking drug treatment.

Two hundred medications have depression as a possible side effect. Now, a new study finds people who take these drugs are, in fact, more likely to be depressed. The more drugs you take, the higher the risk.

Larry Kudlow, the prominent economic commentator who joined the Trump administration this year as the president's top economic adviser, is recovering after suffering a "very mild" heart attack, the White House said Tuesday.

With teen pregnancy rates in some communities stubbornly high, one school district is trying something different: staff the schools with a midwife.

After they lose access to high school sports, young women -- especially young women of color -- generally get less exercise than they should, a study suggests, and far less exercise than young men get.

Teachers had a chance to practice starts, stops, turn signals and other skills.

Two prominent economists share their views on the politics, economics and ethics of America's health care system, at the St. Olaf College Institute on Freedom and Community.

The organization is stepping up efforts to combat low donation numbers in the summer and draw in new and old donors.

Suicide is a growing issue in the United States. How are communities working together to support those suffering from depression?

For someone to become "hangry," context is key. People need to be in a negative situation or subject to negative stimuli to have a hangry response.

Part of a parent's job is to help kids do their best, but pushing too hard can backfire. Some parents are learning to balance the focus on success with an emphasis on well-being.

Avik Roy is a prominent national conservative who has a proposal to replace Obamacare with a system that provides universal coverage and is fiscally sustainable over the long haul.

The St. Louis County Public Health and Human Services Department has launched a new, tiered opioid abuse prevention project, with support from the Minnesota Department of Health.

Officials say 11 people in Wisconsin and three in Minnesota reported buying vegetable trays at Kwik Trip prior to getting sick.

The best way to treat poison ivy is to avoid touching it in the first place. But that's tricky, given the many faces the rash-inducing plant can have.

Minnesota was among the states with the greatest jumps in suicide rates according to new research out from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And farmers are part of the occupational group with the highest suicide rate, which is several times the national average.

What is behind the dramatic increase in reported suicides over the last 15 years?