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It's apparently not just Soylent bars making people sick.

Women are becoming more aware of the term "breast density," but they aren't as familiar with its relation to breast cancer risk or mammograms, according to a small U.S. study.

Five more people are facing federal drug charges in a fentanyl overdose outbreak that killed two people in Tennessee over 24 hours this summer, U.S. Attorney David Rivera announced Thursday.

Fine lines creeping across your face, and the inevitable aches and pains that come with your advancing years— if you, like most, want to delay the depressing signs of aging, new research suggests a simple answer: Eat your greens.

Paralympian Amy Purdy suffered a recent health scare while training for the upcoming snowboarding season and is now urging others to “listen to your body.”

A new study looking at how germs are spread at hospitals has identified a surprising potential culprit: nurses' scrubs.

An institution calling itself the Genesis II Church of Health and Healing is anything but, according to a man who says an elixir promoted by the church as a "miracle cure" is the same concoction that killed her, ABC News reports.

Young men with elevated heart rates and high blood pressure may have an increased risk of developing certain mental health disorders later in life, a new study from Sweden finds

A young man with a tennis ball-size tumor in the blood vessels of his tongue struggles to breathe and risks choking daily due to the organ’s inflated size.

A pregnant foreign woman in Myanmar's largest city Yangon has been diagnosed with Zika, the first case of the mosquito-borne virus in the southeast Asian country, state-owned Myanmar TV (MRTV) said on Thursday.

AstraZeneca's high hopes for cancer immunotherapy were dented on Thursday as the recruitment of new patients with head and neck cancer into two clinical studies was put on hold, following instances of bleeding.

A Kansas City hospital’s tiniest patients celebrated Halloween early this week when the March of Dimes delivered tiny costumes to the NICU unit of St. Luke’s Hospital.

Digital distractions, and a more classical one, talking on the phone, are linked to shorter sleeping time and greater daytime sleepiness for teens, Canadian researchers say.

Municipal Judge Bryce Abbott slid into a high-backed leather chair behind a stack of bloated manila files documenting the dilemma of adults seeking refuge in Kansas' groundbreaking mental health court.

Sugar pills worked as well at preventing kids' migraines as two commonly used headache medicines, but had fewer side effects, in a study that may lead doctors to rethink how they treat a common ailment in children and teens.

Veterans may be more likely to commit suicide during the first year after they leave the military than after more time passes, a U.S. study suggests.

As a board-certified veterinary emergency specialist, I'm often amazed at what owners will put up with as they care for their animals.

A St. Louis jury on Thursday awarded a California woman more than $70 million in her lawsuit alleging that years of using Johnson & Johnson's baby powder caused her cancer, the latest case raising concerns about the health ramifications of extended talcum powder use.

A new wine delivery service called Vinome is promising to deliver “the ultimate personalized wine experience” — customized to your DNA.

rowing up, I didn’t know what was wrong with my mother.