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The University of Vermont College of Medicine is changing the way physicians are trained by switching exclusively to a hands-on approach to learning designed to encourage students to solve medical puzzles rather than just memorizing body parts and diseases.

The idea is simple: Load fresh fruits and vegetables into a refrigerator truck and drive it to a health clinic, then have a doctor write a "prescription" for food to improve the diets of low-income people with diabetes and high blood pressure.

An ultrasound showed one of Sarah Gray's unborn twins was missing part of his brain, a fatal birth defect.

First responders in U.S. communities reeling from waves of heroin overdoses say some people tell them they should just say no to using so many resources on drug abusers.

Susan Kolar, of Rochester, Minnesota knew something wasn’t right last year when she missed her period for three months, but multiple pregnancy tests gave negative results.

One of only a handful of physicians in the country who is board-certified in Family Medicine and Pain Medicine, Gary Kaplan, DO, author of Total Recovery and founder of The Kaplan Center for Integrative Medicine, was able to apply his pioneering perspective to help answer one of the most difficult questions plaguing our country: What is causing my pain?

Seven people died Saturday in the Cleveland area, marking the latest outbreak of drug overdose deaths in the state.

The homecoming celebration at a Pennsylvania high school Saturday night was extra special for a student battling a rare brain disorder.

If you’re struggling with infertility or worried about your ability to get pregnant, you already know how important it is to be healthy in order to conceive.

The conventional dietary wisdom for the past quarter century has been “eat less, move more,” referring to reducing caloric intake and increasing exercise.

The Centers for Disease Control says a multistate outbreak of E.coli has sickened seven people, sending five to the hospital.

While part of the food ritual of a baseball game is enjoying a hot dog and nachos, if you’re batting up for some healthier options, you’re in luck.

Could the solution to post-study session cravings be a 15-minute jaunt on the treadmill?

Health officials in eastern Nigeria say they have started to administer polio vaccines to children at military checkpoints in an attempt to stop the spread of the crippling disease.

A hangover-free future is once again being promised, this time courtesy of a controversial former drug czar.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Friday that aerial spraying with the controversial pesticide naled in Wynwood helped curb the region’s mosquito population, thereby halting active local transmission of the Zika virus.

In adults of all ages, chronic sleep problems were linked with a greater risk of trouble with activities of daily living later in life, in a recent study.

Obese children have a different population of microorganisms living in their intestinal tracts, compared with lean children, researchers have found.

A man in Spain may have passed the Zika virus to his wife through sex, even though he'd previously had a vasectomy, according to a new report of the case.

Singapore is exploring plans to establish a national surveillance program to monitor the development of babies born to pregnant women infected with the Zika virus, the state-owned Channel NewsAsia (CNA) said on Friday.