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Ocean County has become the first county in New Jersey to supply all of its high school nurses with Narcan, the drug that is used to reverse opioid overdoses.

In the United States, cancer drugs are sometimes approved through sped-up processes - and they often stay approved even if later studies show them to be inferior to other options or even worse than doing nothing, a new study found.

After Michigan repealed its helmet law, motorcycle riders who crashed there were 24 percent less likely to be wearing protective head gear and 14 percent more likely to suffer a head injury, a new study found.

Primary care doctors often use the wrong test to diagnose food allergies in children, new research shows.

Medical device maker Teleflex Inc said on Friday it agreed to buy Vascular Solutions Inc for about $1 billion.

At the end of 2015, about 36.7 million people had been living with HIV/AIDS worldwide, according to UNAIDS.

Russia's southern Krasnodar region has imposed restrictions on the movement of live pigs, setting up police checkpoints in a bid to stop the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF), the regional agriculture ministry said on Friday.

When you think about bodily fluids, you may not immediately think of them coming out your eyeballs.

That visible circle in the back pockets of big leaguers — typically a sure sign of smokeless tobacco — might be far less common next season.

A man has been “cured” of prostate cancer using an experimental therapy that shocks tumours to death with the sex hormone testosterone.

A Massachusetts family is seeking answers after a school nurse gave their daughter Ritalin instead of Motrin in an alleged case of mistaken identity.

Ireland moved closer to legalizing marijuana for medicinal use when the minority government said on Thursday it would not block the first reading of a bill that is backed by all other parties.

Teens in Hong Kong whose high school delayed the start of the day by just 15 minutes got to sleep a little longer, were late to school less often and showed better mental health and focus, according to a new study.

The system in your body that helps you keep your balance goes downhill after age 40, a new study finds.

People who have had "a religious experience" often report feelings of joy, peace and warmth, and new research has found that during these experiences, certain reward centers in the brain are activated.

Ohio has revoked the operating license of one of the state's few remaining abortion clinics on grounds it failed to obtain a required transfer agreement with a nearby hospital for emergencies.

From awareness campaigns to candle-lit vigils, people around the globe are marking World AIDS Day on Thursday.

Lindsay Norris has a lot to say to the cancer patients she's helped in her role as an oncology nurse, but in a recent blog post she penned after finding out she has cancer herself, the prevailing theme is: "I didn't get it."

Remember Martin Shkreli, the hedge-fund manager who last year founded Turing Pharmaceuticals, acquired an essential anti-parasitic drug, and quickly jacked up its price 55-fold, from $13.50 to $750 a pill?

"Made in the same factory as peanuts."