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Mary Tyler Moore's death on Wednesday at age 80 may highlight the long-term effects that type 1 diabetes can have on the body.

European prices for some off-patent cancer drugs have risen by more than 100 percent in the past five years, with two cases of hikes exceeding 1,000 percent, according to data presented at a medical conference on Saturday.

Fathers are conspicuously absent from studies that test the best ways to prevent and treat obesity in children, according to an analysis of research done in the past decade.

Elderly patients who get treated for illnesses or injuries in the emergency department (ED) are at risk of increased disability for up to six months afterward, a recent study suggests.

Growing up, your mom may have warned you to stay out of the cold if you wanted to avoid getting sick.

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Health news from AskDrManny I know that expectant mothers have a lot on their minds as they prepare to welcome a baby, but I urge all mothers out there: please don't forget about the flu and getting the flu shot. A CDC study shows while the number of children getting vaccinated is on the rise, adults are still lacking […] The post Why Pregnant Women Should Consider the Flu Shot appeared first on AskDrManny.

Like many pregnant women preparing for the birth of their first baby, Brianna Quasius, 32, of Chaska, Minnesota, wanted to use natural ways to cope with the pain and avoid a long labor, medical interventions and a cesarean section.

Emilio Nares was just 5-years-old when he died following a two-year battle with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL).

A new study out of Britain reveals that pain during sex afflicts a surprising number of women.

When you think of heart attacks, you might assume the most common causes are smoking, high cholesterol, or obesity.

Getting blue as the days grow shorter?

The Houston woman who was left paralyzed in an armed robbery and later discovered she was pregnant at the hospital is speaking out in an effort to help authorities nab the alleged suspects.

Sgt. Gaytan, is an active-duty military police officer and newlywed whose wife was diagnosed with cancer. Then they got surprising news.

An American hoopster playing in New Zealand suffered a gruesome injury when his eye popped out of its socket during a game – sending him writhing to the floor as his teammates recoiled in horror.

In a small study on deaf mice, researchers at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital used a novel gene-delivery technique to help the animals make gains in hearing and balance, but cautioned that the therapy is years away from use in humans.

Paris Jackson recently spoke about struggling with both depression and anxiety.

A baby born at just 23 weeks gestation and weighing just over one pound, is thriving three months later thanks in part to volunteers who donated breast milk to a hospital-run donor bank program.

One year after a rare pediatric disease was dismissed as a viral infection and nearly killed their 7-year-old son, a Indianapolis family is working to raise awareness in hopes of saving others who may have it.

A misplaced decimal point put two students at Northumbria University in the ICU.