Health News Highlights

An over-the-counter morning-after pill called Plan B is available to teen girls who are 17 years of age and older. Having the law on their side, why are pharmacies denying these young women of their right to this emergency contraceptive?

Roman Catholic institutions are suing the Obama administration, the latest push against a requirement in the health-care-overhaul law that employers cover contraception in workers' health plans. Louise Radnofsky has details on The News Hub.

Men shouldn't be screened for prostate cancer with a common blood test, a widely followed federal advisory panel recommended on Monday. Jennifer Corbett-Dooren has details on The News Hub.

Everyone experiences the sensation known as twitching, which is caused by small involuntary muscle movements in our bodies. Twitches happen to muscles in tiny groups that are linked with only one motor nerve fiber, which make the feeling centralized. The vast majority of twitches are not particularly noticeable and are caused by stress, fatigue, or the effects of caffeine.

A coalition of more than 40 Catholic institutions filed 12 lawsuits Monday against the Obama administration.

A government panel suggests ending for most men a routine prostate cancern screening called PSA. The recommendation is proving controversial.

Georgia student Aimee Copeland is set to have hands and foot amputated as a flesh-eating bacteria spreads.

Georgia student Aimee Copeland is set to have hands and foot amputated as a flesh-eating bacteria spreads.

Scoliosis, a curvature of the spine, affects about six million Americans, especially teens. A number of new treatments have been developed, and researchers are trying to understand who benefits most from which therapy. Laura Landro has details on Lunch Break.

We often use visual cues to stop eating like an empty plate or the bottom of a container, but having other noticeable signs to stop eating can also be helpful in curbing overeating habits. Cornell University researchers conducted a study where students were given a tube of chips to eat. Some of the tubes contained a few red chips placed at intervals between suggested serving size portions.

In this edition of EmpowHER's "HER Daily Dose", Bailey Mosier examines a survey that claims that Americans are happier now than ever before. Are you happy?

Heather Walker's son Grayson James lived only eight hours. He had a rare birth defect in which his skull did not completely form.

The Wall Street Journal sat down with Ajay Piramal, chairman of Indian drugmaker Piramal Healthcare, to discuss issues facing healthcare in India.

If there are more kids with lazy eye, you can blame it on Justin Bieber. There was a study done by an Australian researcher in which he found that side swept hair that covers the eye causes lazy eye.

Two patients, completely paralyzed by stroke, were able to use a thought-controlled robotic arm to reach and grasp three-dimensional objects. Gautam Naik has details on The News Hub.