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Dr. Adi Diab walked roughly three miles, wading through stretches shin-deep waters, to help his team conduct an experimental treatment.

A prep school in Boston honored one of their heroes on Wednesday, dedicating the baseball diamond to Pete Frates and retiring his No. 3 jersey.

You know how important your digestive system is to your life, but you might not think about its importance in your normal day to day.

Eating when we should be sleeping could disrupt our skin's ability to protect itself from the sun's harmful rays, researchers now say.

Safety advocates and state health officials are formally calling on the Food and Drug Administration to ban high-dose opioid painkillers to prevent accidental overdose deaths among patients and people who abuse drugs.

A Texas hospital was forced to evacuate patients on Thursday due to a lack of water at its facilities.

A chance encounter between a woman from Montana and a New Jersey dad at Orlando’s Magic Kingdom may help the man receive a much-needed kidney.

Trader Joe’s has issued a recall for more than 3,400 pounds of chicken breakfast sausage that is sold in 13 states over an undeclared soy ingredient.

A newborn baby boy who was found inside of a gym bag with the umbilicord still attached is now being cared for at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

A 64-year-old Indiana man has been in a coma for three weeks after he was admitted to the hospital with a suspected heart attack.

Normally used in dentist's offices and hospitals, nitrous oxide -- yes, laughing gas -- is starting to turn up again in ambulances in some rural areas where medical workers with clearance to provide more traditional painkillers often aren't on board.

On Sept. 1, National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month begins.

The average age of fathers in the U.S. is rising; the typical dad now is nearly 31 at his child's birth. The average age of new moms has been rising,…

There’s a huge market for diet products, cosmetics, and supplements claiming to help you look and feel younger

Up to half of cancer patients of reproductive age do not receive adequate information about the impact of treatment on their fertility, decreasing their options for family planning and support, a new study suggests.

Scientists have successfully used "reprogrammed" stem cells to restore functioning brain cells in monkeys, raising hopes the technique could be used in future to help patients with Parkinson's disease.

Houston-area mothers who welcomed babies during the height of storm Harvey are taking to Facebook to share photos of their “hurricane babies,” and thank the first responders who helped get them to safety.

They first warned people to not kiss chickens, but health officials are now telling them not to pucker up to their pet turtles.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first treatment that genetically engineers patients' own blood cells to seek and destroy childhood leukemia.

An Arkansas teen is teen is recovering from first- and second-degree burns on his neck after his friends doused him in boiling hot water while he was asleep.