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Overuse of touchscreen phones and tablets is preventing children's finger muscles from developing so they can properly hold a pencil says a new report.

At least one in four teens are receiving sexually explicit texts and emails, and at least one in seven are sending sexts, a new study suggests.

A woman has miraculously regained the use of her hand after it was completely severed by a coconut chopping machine.

In early January, Kiley Lane went to the hospital for what she thought was the flu.

The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued updated guidelines that call for universal screening for depression.

New data published in the journal Pediatrics reports that childhood obesity is not improving, and actually rose from 9-14% since 1999.

After Dr. Donald Cline received a one-year suspended sentence for lying when denied being a sperm donor to unwitting patients, a special bond has formed between half-siblings decades later.

In a rare interview, supermodel Niki Taylor opens up about losing her younger sister, Krissy Taylor, to heart disease and why she’s raising awareness 23 years after her tragic death.

An Australian tourist infected with measles visited several locations in New York City, included the famed The Metropolitan Museum of Art, health officials warned Saturday.

Martin Shkreli, the former biotech CEO known for hiking up the price of a life-saving drug, was convicted on federal charges he deceived investors in a pair of failed hedge funds.

A significant number of e-cigarette devices produced aerosols with potentially dangerous levels of lead, as well as other metals like chromium, manganese, and nickel which could cause cancer.

Researchers found that a percentage of men who drank heavily in their younger years developed severe liver disease later in life.

U.S. health officials say fewer visits to the doctor last week — 1 out of 16 — were for fever, cough and other flu symptoms than during the previous two weeks. The number of states reporting high patient traffic for the flu also dropped, to 39 from 43.

A new survey of 2000 people shows that 30% of millennials only brush their teeth once a day.

Political and business leaders in Mississippi are working to pass a law that would flush fake urine down the toilet. The Mississippi Urine Trouble Act would ban the sale or use of synthetic human urine for the purposes of defrauding a drug test.

Mari Lopez, who hosted a YouTube channel, died from breast cancer after claiming her vegan and spiritual lifestyle cured her of the disease.

Hospital staff at Boston Children's Hospital throw a "bubble parade" for a boy who was discharged after a grueling bone marrow transplant.

Surgeons in India successfully removed a 4 pound tumor from a 31 year old man.

A woman was so obsessed with posting pictures of superfoods, she ended up with an eating disorder.

The popular botanical drug kratom is being linked to salmonella according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.