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A molecule found in red wine may be the key to slowing the progression of Alzheimer’s, new findings presented Wednesday suggest.

Health officials in Southern California are urging high-risk gay and bisexual men to get the meningitis vaccine after observing an increase in cases of invasive meningococcal disease, a potentially deadly infection.

The drug store chain CVS has announced that it is making naloxone, a drug to reverse the effects of opioid overdose, available without prescription at all of its Texas stores.

Hall had Oates, Simon had Garfunkel, and New York singer-songwriter Chloe Temtchine has Steve Martin — in name, at least.

At three months old, Jordan Blair had never heard his mother’s voice, until he was fitted with hearing aids.

In 2006, tennis legend Chris Evert divorced her husband of 18 years, former Olympic skier Andy Mill.

Parents of newborns with rare genetic conditions used to hear the grim words that the severe birth defects were "incompatible with life."

The next time you fumble the facts when you’re reminiscing, psychologists have some comforting words: It doesn’t matter.

A Hawaii outbreak of hepatitis A has grown to 93 cases, including an infected sushi restaurant worker who might have exposed diners, the state's Department of Health said Tuesday.

GlaxoSmithKline has bought global rights to an experimental drug from Johnson & Johnson for up to 175 million pounds ($230 million), raising its bet on a new generation of biotech medicines for severe asthma.

People who use cocaine or methamphetamine on a regular basis may have differences in those brain regions that are involved in choosing between right and wrong, compared to people who don't use these drugs, according to a new study of prison inmates

People who watch television for five or more hours a day have more than twice the risk of those who watch half as much TV to die of a blood clot in the lung, a large Japanese study suggests.

About a week ago, three separate patients of mine— who don't know each other and don’t usually get out much— told me that they started leaving the house more and walking around.

When employers and insurers use reference pricing for diagnostic tests, the average price paid for those tests dips by almost a third, according to a new U.S. study.

When you take a shot to your scrotum, your testicles aren’t the only ones that feel the pain: Your stomach often joins in on it, too.

Consider this scenario: You just got back from an adventure vacation and are now covered in a bright red rash.

A 4-year-old Southern California boy is in need of a new prosthetic leg after it was stolen from him during his first ever visit to the beach over the weekend.

DALLAS (AP) - The deaths of four children in hot cars in recent days has brought the number across the U.S. this year to at least 23, nearly matching the total for all of last year and prompting experts to plead for vigilance and warn parents that it can happen to anyone.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration opened the door on Tuesday to a change in its blood donor deferral recommendations, which currently prohibit donations from gay men for a year following their last sexual encounter in order to reduce the risk of transmitting HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

Huntington’s disease, an inherited an fatal neurodegenerative disorder, has no cure, but researchers have found a biochemical pathway that may lead to a therapeutic strategy.