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Dishonesty is a slippery slope: If you behave dishonestly once, you may become more likely to do so again in the future, a new study from England shows.

The more potent the pot is, the more likely a person who uses it is to become dependent on it, a new study from the United Kingdom finds.

Your cells might be aging faster than you are, and new tests purport to help you find out.

“Run, Pete, run!” Manhattan celebrated its very own Forrest Gump on Monday, when 29-year-old Pete Kostelnick reached City Hall, landing in the Guinness Book of World Records as the fastest man to ever run across the country.

Since being shot by a sniper in Iraq on Christmas Day 2006, U.S. Navy veteran Dusty Kirby hasn’t been able to eat hard food or even smile with a full set of teeth.

Deadly as cancer may be to a person’s health, it also wreaks havoc on one’s finances.

When ancient humans interbred with Neanderthals, they inherited DNA that may influence modern Europeans' immune systems to this day, a new study suggests

A small shift in the oxygen levels in the air could act as a "reset" button for the biological clock, according to a new study in mice

Kids of lower socioeconomic status, those riding in rural areas, and those riding mostly on the sidewalk have higher risk of injury than others, according to a new review.

Water deliveries have no proven benefits for mothers and may lead to serious health problems for babies, U.S. doctors advise.

Merck & Co Inc on Monday said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its immunotherapy Keytruda for use in certain previously untreated lung cancer patients, making it the only approved first-line treatment.

Yessica Flores is getting ultrasounds more frequently than the average pregnant woman, but there's a cruel downside accompanying the joy of seeing how much her unborn daughter grows every few weeks: fear of possible defects caused by Zika.

Think autism and an image of an awkward boy typically emerges, but the way autism strikes girls — or doesn't — may help reveal some of the developmental disorder's frustrating secrets.

A nurse who contracted the Ebola virus while treating the first person diagnosed with the deadly disease in the United States has reached a settlement with the Dallas hospital where she was in a team caring for the man, a statement on Monday said.

To improve cancer care, ‘Shark Tank’ star Robert Herjavec has set out to unveil innovations from rising entrepreneurs. He sits down with Fox’s Julie Banderas to share what he discovered

As a registered dietitian, people ask me what I eat every day.

Q: I think I'm dating a narcissist!

Cooking is what makes us human, according to Richard Wrangham, a British primatologist and professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University — among others.

Cries for help are all too common on social media.

In a medical first, doctors at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) successfully removed a tumor from an in-utero fetus’ life, resulting in a healthy birth.