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A new study in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology suggests increased use and overdosing of the pain reliever and fever-reducing medication during this period. But what explains it?

Three daycare workers in Chicago were arrested and charged with child endangerment after it was learned they fed their charges gummies containing the sleep-inducing supplement melatonin. What's wrong with that? Plenty.

The Centers for Disease Control has been tracking depression for several years. A new report reveals its prevalence among American adults aged 20 and over.

From a physical standpoint, life's late stages don't have to be progressively difficult. A new study by researchers from two British institutions found that adults who regularly exercise – not just several times a week, but also year in, year out – can remain healthy and function as if they were much younger than their actual ages. 

Reflections of a recent, unsettling winter event, along with suggestions on how to avoid unintentional injury.

What turns a relatively minor skin injury into the life-threatening horror show? That would be necrotizing soft tissue infection, otherwise known as a flesh-eating bacterial infection. New research suggests that a lack of antibodies against Streptococcus bacteria is a likely risk factor.

A recent report from the CDC shows about half of millennials aren't getting tested for HIV — a virus that was a sure killer in the 90s, but thanks to advancements in science has become a manageable illness. Still, millennials aren't taken it seriously. Why?

Society told PhD students that the world would be theirs one day. In truth, after six (or more) years of grueling work, PhDs find themselves exhausted, indebted and unemployable. Facing this reality, is it really any wonder there's evidence of a serious mental health crisis among graduate students?

The curator of Unseen Oceans, a new exhibit at New York's American Museum of Natural History, explained that one of the primary reasons oceanic discovery is accelerating is because of significant advances in technology – like robotics, satellite monitoring, miniaturization and high-definition imaging.

Welcome to the latest "Hypocrisy Alert." Today, we feature Barbra Streisand, who's an outspoken opponent of biotechnology – at least when it applies to genetic food modification. Yet she fails to see the irony of having two cloned dogs. Let us begin ... Cue the music ... Hit it ... 

Rheumatologists are just one example of the problems society faces regarding the number of physicians we "need" and where they are located. Physicians make choices as we all do, based on what is best for us and our families. 

Comorbidities are the other diseases a patient has, separate from the one of interest. The number of comorbidities for any given patient has increased, and their presence modifies how the "condition of interest" behaves clinically. Personalizing medicine means defining "disease" very differently.

New research into the 1918 and 2009 influenza pandemics reveal a potential warning sign: Mild cases of influenza that occur in the spring or summer may be a harbinger of a devastating pandemic to come in the autumn.

Environmental Working Group, which promotes fear and doubt about the (non-organic) American food supply, tries to pretend it isn't industry-driven. But given the group's cozy relationship with industry, it's no surprise officials have named Shazi Visram, a top organic baby food company founder, to its board.

There's a perennial shortage of donated kidneys, but the U.S. donor pool just got larger. Previously, more than 3 million infected with the hepatitis C virus couldn't be donors. But now, thanks to incredible new drugs, infected kidneys can be successfully transplanted. For this miracle, give the pharmaceutical industry a tip of the hat.

Hoping against hope, cell phone conversations – hands-free or not – continue to distract drivers. No two ways around that. But so does talking to the car's other occupants. 

Pollsters have taken a beating the last few years. Getting Brexit and the 2016 U.S. presidential election wrong were spectacular failures that shook the public's faith in prediction models.

Despite claims that organic furniture is less likely to kill you in a house fire, chemicals have a track record of making your safer.

Wheat is one of our most important crops. Unlike corn and soy, GMO versions are not sold. There are several reasons for that, but one is the complexity of the wheat genome and challenges of altering it. Now, CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing may have created a bigger, better wheat. 

Oral bacteria attack teeth in more ways than we knew. Bacteria that sequester phosphate in the ocean also do so in the mouth. Since phosphate is an integral component of enamel, its removal can weaken the teeth and make decay more likely. So keep flossing, folks!

The allure of evidence-based medicine is that it sounds so objective: free of bias, and free of judgment. But at its core, the evidence-based recommendations from the American College of Physicians are a collective subjective judgment, or a balancing act of tradeoffs. 

Veteran New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof fancies himself an expert in chemistry and toxicology. Chemists and toxicologists disagree.

A new paper touting great news is sure to be embraced by the organic customer base. There is just one problem: The research was funded by industry, the very thing organic consumers say is wrong with industrial farming. Organic food corporations and trade groups are clearly a lot more like 1950s Big Tobacco companies than Big Tobacco is today.

There's been a massive new, discovery of the black-and-white seabirds – mainly because researchers missed looking on the Danger Islands archipelago, at the tip of the continental peninsula. "Our estimate is more than three times," compared to an earlier survey, they wrote, "largely because several colonies ... were missed entirely."

A few summers ago, adults, but mostly children, were becoming paralyzed after falling ill. This was something that had not been seen in 60 years. It was called acute flaccid myelitis, and while different causes were suspected the mystery remained unsolved. After researchers took a long look at the cases, they may have found the cause.