How to find the right kind of mental health care, and the right kind of mental health care practitioner.

What do you do when you can’t pay your medical bill? Some people sell their diabetes test strips or cut back and take their medication less often. Some pharmaceutical companies help with the costs, and that increases the overall cost to everyone. Hospitals are now required to post their pricing, but making sense of what they are listing is not any clearer than before.

National Geographic magazine reports on herbal remedies to help care for the nervous system and stomach.

After 50 years of being diagnosed with anxiety, one woman discovers she has had temporal lobe epilepsy. Also, new promise for the detection and treatment of seizures.

In the toughest decision of their lives, parents talk about cutting off their opioid-addicted children.

Sandra G. Boodman writes a Medical Mysteries column for the Washington Post. In the first article a fitness fanatic runs into an alarming ailment that was caught just in time. In the second article, after 20 years of a mis-diagnosis a woman discovers finally what has caused her coughing, fatigue and difficulty breathing.

As host Louise Craig looks ahead to the New Year, she'll share information on some of the medicines and procedures coming along that will change healthcare.

A grouping of articles with advice and information about the kind of bodily functions often considered “impolite” to talk about in public. Reasons why pee is sometimes cloudy, why you should not blow your nose too forcefully, remedies for halitosis, and how to build a better bladder.

Without any public scrutiny, insurers and data brokers are predicting your health costs based on data such as race, marital status, how much TV you watch, whether you pay your bills on time or purchase plus-size clothing. Medical devices are also being used to glean your information for advertisers and insurers. A joint ProPublica and NPR series “Health Insurance Hustle” investigates the games, side days and hidden incentives that can result in higher health costs, delays in care or denials of

Diabetes Self-Management magazine provides readers with up-to-date practical information on nutrition, exercise, new medications, self-help, medical advances and other topics to stay healthy.