CBS News investigates a surprising rise in suicide rates amongs veterans, which reached 120 per week in a newly released report. Surprisingly, even veterans who get assistance from Veterans Affairs are at risk.

This is a story about a third generation dairy farmer facing a critical choice: continue raising his herd of dairy cows practicing conventional farming, or switch over to an organic dairy operation. It took him 2 years to decide, but as he looks back upon that decision, he considers it the best decision he ever [...]

Dr. Issam Awad, Vice-Chairman & Professor of Neurological Surgery at Northwestern University discusses the specialty of neurosurgery and some general advice on becoming a doctor.

African Americans experience kidney failure four times more often than the general population. In “The Reality of Dialysis,” DiversityTV visits a dialysis center and gives three people who are suffering from kidney failure the opportunity to tell their story.

In support of World Autism Awareness Day, we present this video about living with this startlingly common developmental disorder. Most recent reviews estimate a prevalence of one to two cases per 1,000 people for autism, and about six per 1,000 for ASD, with ASD averaging a 4.3:1 male-to-female ratio. The number of people known to [...]

Lung cancer is the No. 1 cancer-related killer in the United States. And while men are more likely to die from lung cancer than women, the trend is starting to change.

MIT Behavioral Economist Dan Ariely discusses the medical effectiveness of placebos, and outlines how expectations of a given situation will affect our experiences of that situation.