Cancer death rates in the United States have declined steadily over the years, thanks to improved screening guidelines and falling smoking rates, among other factors, according to a report released Thursday by the American Cancer Society.
Did many women needlessly get tested for the cancer-causing BRCA mutations after actress Angelina Jolie announced she had been tested, as a study claimed?
Mere days away from his inauguration, President-Elect Donald J. Trump has threatened executive action to repeal and replace ObamaCare on his first day in office, fueling the fight between Democrats and Republicans over President Barack Obama’s signature domestic achievement.
New national guidelines say parents can protect their children from becoming allergic to peanuts by feeding them peanut-containing foods as early as 4 to 6 months of age.
A transgender man has sued a Catholic hospital in New Jersey after he says it cited religion in refusing to allow his surgeon to perform a hysterectomy procedure.
A 54-year-old woman who attended routine check-ups is urging more awareness of ovarian cancer after she was diagnosed with stage 4 of the disease— five months after doctors said her pelvic exam results were normal.
A newlywed couple in Georgia was thrilled to learn they were expecting their first child over the summer— and later shocked to discover they would soon be welcoming a rare set of quadruplets.
Despite being bullied for his long locks, a 10-year-old Georgia boy was determined to grow his hair out for a friend hundreds of miles away who was suffering from a hair-loss condition.
Jury selection has begun in the trial of a former top executive at a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy blamed for a national meningitis outbreak that killed 64 people in 2012.
A man in China's eastern province of Shandong has become at least the fourth person to die this winter from H7N9 bird flu, state media said on Thursday, while officials in southern Guangdong confirmed 14 cases of the virus in December.
Most babies should start eating peanut-containing foods well before their first birthday, say guidelines released Thursday that aim to protect high-risk tots and other youngsters, too, from developing the dangerous food allergy.
Families of terminally ill cancer patients may be more satisfied with the end-of-life treatment their loved ones receive when it involves hospice care, a recent study suggests.
British American Tobacco (BAT) (BATS.L) has quit plans to market a nicotine inhaler it was working on to focus on consumer items like e-cigarettes rather than health products.
A new study is shedding light on the risk of heart attack, stroke and death among patients who are hospitalized for surgery that doesn't involve the heart.
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