Fox Health

In what his family is equating to a horror movie, an Arizona man fell ill and, four days later, died from a flesh-eating bacteria infection.

That’s one cute kidney stone.

Stephanie Packer wants to be the face of a Right to Live movement — for as long as she draws breath.

Heart attack survivors who participate in cardiac rehabilitation programs may survive longer, but feel no healthier, than they would without this follow-up care, a U.S. study suggests.

The increased risk of stroke that comes with smoking may extend to nonsmokers who live in the same household and breathe in secondhand smoke, a U.S. study suggests.

I’m not the kind of guy you’d expect to see getting Botox.

Between the time devoted to insurance paperwork and large patient panels to keep up with financial pressures, most doctors have just 15 minutes to spend with each patient.

Your body has many ways of warning you that the level of stress it is under is not sustainable.

A Georgia teenager has survived a life-threatening head injury on the soccer pitch that put him in a coma — and when he woke up, he was only speaking fluent Spanish.

Former U.S. women’s national team star Lauren Holiday had surgery on Thursday to remove a brain tumor.

If you’ve had a previous cesarean delivery, chances are you’re hoping to have a vaginal delivery the next time around.

Seeing a shadowy figure out of the corner of your eye or hearing footsteps in the attic may set your mind racing with thoughts about the paranormal.

Jet lag always seems to get the best of me when I travel.

Two companies making vaccines to help the world eradicate polio are failing to produce enough, so many countries should prepare to give lower doses to make stocks last, a group of experts has advised the World Health Organization.

For most men the thought of going to the general physician to talk about a health problem fills them with dread.

In May, mixed martial arts fighter Jordan Parsons, 25, died after being struck by a hit-and-run vehicle while crossing a Florida highway.

Health officials in Detroit have linked two hepatitis A cases to the prepared foods section of a Whole Foods Market in the city.

Reuters - Climate change is bringing certain skin diseases and other illnesses to regions where they were rarely seen before, according to a recent research review.

A New Zealand woman says she’s on the verge of building a multimillion-dollar business that sells waist trainers— garments that claim to help women achieve an hourglass shape, and of which reality TV star Kylie Jenner is a fan.

Health insurer Cigna Corp has discontinued its policy of requiring doctors to seek authorization before treating opioid addicts, as part of a fight against an epidemic of opioid abuse, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said on Friday.