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Finding the right home for elderly loved ones can be difficult — especially when they’re aging in dog years.

Kendall Jack was dismayed when her health plan stopped covering her migraine drug Treximet earlier this year.

A 13-year-old boy’s sudden cardiac death led doctors to wrongly diagnose more than 20 of his relatives with a potentially lethal heart disorder in a case that illustrates the potential for genetic testing to go wrong.

After eight children in Washington state have been hospitalized for acute neurological illnesses, health officials are trying to determine whether the illnesses could be an extremely rare syndrome that causes varying degrees of paralysis similar to polio.

For the third time, Johnson & Johnson has been hit with a multimillion-dollar jury verdict over whether the talc in its iconic baby powder causes ovarian cancer when applied regularly for feminine hygiene.

Brazilian health officials say they do not expect a second wave of widespread Zika infections similar to that of a year ago, despite warming temperatures causing a rebound in reproduction of the mosquito responsible for transmitting the virus.

You can probably relate to this scenario: You hightail it to the office in the morning because you're on the verge of being late, sacrficing your normal a.m.

Overall, the best diet for prostate cancer chemoprevention most closely resembles the traditional diets of the southern Mediterranean and Japan.

Vietnam has reported its first case of microcephaly likely linked to the mosquito-borne Zika virus.

Most pregnant women know that a birth ball or an exercise ball can make labor more comfortable and can open up the pelvis to help it progress but a peanut-shaped exercise ball is a new tool that’s gaining popularity in hospitals and birthing centers across the country and it may even reduce the high C-section rates.

It was a beautiful August morning in Winston Salem, North Carolina, three years ago when my wife, Rebecca, then age 59, and I were engaging in our morning ritual of sipping coffee on the back porch.

There comes a point in almost every fitness lover's life when they consider throwing in the towel after a workout—both figuratively and literally.

I’ve never quite understood the fascination with pee and poop – past the age of potty training, that is.

Injecting men with two different hormones every eight weeks suppressed their sperm production enough to act as birth control, according to a new study.

What you post and “like” on Facebook could provide a window to understanding – and potentially treating – mental health issues, experts say.

People who mindfully consume their chocolate treats this Halloween may experience more of a mood boost than those who do so without thinking, or who mindfully consume other foods, a new study suggests.

Medical device maker St. Jude Medical Inc said on Friday it has paused implanting of one of its cardiac pacemakers due to problems with electronic data reporting.

A deadly complication of measles in young children that strikes years after infection may be more common than previously thought, according to a study presented on Friday that stressed the importance of vaccinations against the highly contagious disease.

High-intensity interval training is all the rage, with research suggesting that just a few minutes of all-out sweating could reap the same health benefits as a 45-minute moderate workout, and that's true even for the elderly.

The number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen has ballooned to 1,410 within three weeks of the outbreak being declared, the World Health Organization said on Friday, as 18 months of war has destroyed most health facilities and clean water supplies.