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Though the ancient Hindu practice has been banned since 2005, a 15-year-old girl in Nepal was banished to a shed while she was menstruating.

At your next doctor's exam, one thing will be certain: Your physician won't be using powdered medical gloves.

Six people in Colorado recently became infected with a "nightmare" superbug that until now, has mostly been limited to people in hospitals, according to a new report.

There may be a way to tap into people's brain activity to boost their confidence, a new study suggests.

Frank Sinatra crooned about blue skies, but it turns out Ol' Blue Eyes was really Ol' Brown Eyes.

For two weeks, Caitlin O’Hara, 33, was on life support, in desperate need of a double-lung transplant.

Melanoma survivors may want to enlist partners to help search their bodies for suspicious looking moles, according to new research.

About 30,000 turkeys and ducks were culled in Germany over the weekend after bird flu was found on two farms, authorities said on Monday.

South Korea and Japan have ordered fresh culls of poultry stocks to contain outbreaks of avian flu, authorities in the two countries said.

Malaysia confirmed an eighth Zika virus case on Sunday, involving a 67-year-old man who first showed symptoms in late November.

The nation's homeless are proving to be especially susceptible to a new, dirt-cheap version of synthetic marijuana, which leaves users glassy-eyed, aimless, sprawled on streets and sidewalks oblivious to their surroundings or wandering into traffic.

Michelle Flandez had just given birth to her first son, but doctors in this U.S. territory whisked him away before she could see him.

The following men not only wanted to shape up, they took action and made their ambitions a reality.

When he was 58 years old, Kevin Wilson, a paramedic in Durham, N.C.

Last December, one of my best friends sent out a desperate group text calling for moral support when her freshly decorated Christmas tree suddenly exploded with tiny baby praying mantises (here’s what you need to know about creepy praying mantises).

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is increasing the heat on the federal government to consider recalling e-cigarette batteries and devices that explode and catch fire, injuring users.

When your kids talk back, forget to use their manners, refuse to listen, don’t pitch in, act out and act disrespectful— it takes the joy right out of parenting.

As kids eagerly anticipate receiving the latest holiday toys for Christmas, some parents may be concerned about the safety of these new products.

Do you find yourself making multiple trips to Starbucks daily?

Fitting fitness in is difficult at any time of the year.