It's cold and snowy in much of the U.S. right now, but hard as it may be to believe in some parts of the country, heat season will eventually come again, and hotter summers are increasingly a risk for ...

A new study finds that California's rules protecting workers from excessive heat likely save dozens of lives every year. This comes as the federal government considers national heat-protection rules.

WGN Radio’s Charlie Roumeliotis shares an update on Connor Bedard, who skated on Monday for the first time since injuring his right shoulder on Dec. 12. He also provides an injury update on Frank ...

Objective To examine the associations between the number of days per week achieving various daily step thresholds and all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence in older women.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A woman from Caledonia will be celebrating her remarkable recovery this Christmas, after a series of medical issues left her with both legs needing to be amputated.

For more than a century, people have considered Alzheimer's disease (AD) an irreversible illness. Consequently, research has focused on preventing or slowing it, rather than recovery. Despite billions ...

The study shows that recovery after a serious injury isn't just about medical care—it's also about where someone lives. Two people with the same injury and surgery can have very different recoveries ...

Older adults who live in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods spend significantly fewer days at home in the year after a fall-related hip fracture than those living in more affluent areas, ...

A new study shows that restored private lands in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest achieved up to 20% more forest cover than unrestored neighboring private lands. With 75% of the Atlantic Forest in private ...

Alex Haley had been sober for five years when he tried to return to work in rural northwest Ohio. But he was first introduced to drugs when he was just 10 years old, and more than a decade of ...

Orlando, Florida, was named the best city to celebrate New Year's Eve by WalletHub. The ranking was based on factors like entertainment, cost, and safety across 100 U.S. cities. Orlando's top spot was ...

Cam Skattebo's electric rookie season came to an ubrupt end when he suffered a gruesome injury against the Eagles in Week 8. The former Arizona State star had an open tibia fracture, a ruptured ...