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Red eyes can spark a lot of annoying questions from people wondering if you’re sick, upset, or hungover.

The night before a teeth cleaning, most of us like to get in there deep.

When I read about 11-year-old Oakley Debbs’ tragic peanut allergy death, and the horror that his family has had to endure since his untimely passing in November, it struck me that for many parents who do not deal with allergies in their own children, the seriousness of the issue may not hit home.

Age-related decline in women's lung function may speed up during and after menopause, a recent study suggests.

Philip Morris International Inc filed a much-awaited U.S. application to market a new type of cigarette that heats rather than burns tobacco and may carry fewer health risks.

Parents spend more than nine hours a day with TVs, computers and other screen devices while also giving themselves high marks as role models for their children's media use, according to a survey released Tuesday.

Hundreds of Californians who were forcibly sterilized based on eugenics laws in the last century might still be alive and deserve an apology and financial reparations, a new study concludes.

It's called "holiday heart" because it happens to binge drinkers who feel a flutter or irregular heartbeat after too many cocktails at parties.

The two most effective hormonal birth control methods for women in general are also excellent options for women with diabetes, according to a new study.

A Minnesota woman filed a lawsuit against a health care provider after her newborn was mistakenly given to another mother at a hospital and breastfed.

People who groom their public hair regularly are more likely to have a sexually transmitted infection, say researchers in a new study.

A Florida family is raising awareness of the potentially life-threatening symptoms of food allergies following the sudden death of their 11-year-old son, who lost his life in November after unknowingly ingesting a walnut in a piece of a cake.

"To be circumcised should be an informed, personal choice," or so thinks the Danish Medical Association, which on Friday issued its recommendation that no boy under age 18 in the country be circumcised.

Teens and young adults who spend more time outdoors may be less likely to become nearsighted later in life than those who spend less time outdoors, a new study suggests.

Diabetes is on the rise in the United States, and a new poll looks at where the disease is most and least common.

Reaching for a diet soda may actually hinder weight loss efforts, a new study done in mice suggests.

A woman in England was rushed to an emergency room with life-threatening symptoms after she mistakenly used the leaves of a poisonous plant to make an herbal tea , according to a new report of her case.

The Friday before Thanksgiving, Chris Kain and his family watched the sun set on a beach in Oahu, Hawaii, and 12 hours later, they dazzled at the icy top of the tallest mountain in North America, Denali, as it rose in Alaska.

Nina Cusick was diagnosed with bowel cancer in February 2015.

Global spending on prescription medicines will reach nearly $1.5 trillion by 2021, although the annual rate of growth will decrease from recent years, according to a forecast by Quintiles IMS Holding released on Tuesday.