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Invasive breast cancer will strike nearly 12 percent of women in the U.S. at some point during their lives.

People with Type 2 diabetes — the most common form of the disease, characterized by resistance to insulin (essential for a healthy metabolism) and high blood sugar levels — rely on such medications as Glucophage (metformin) or Acarbose to control the condition.

After seeing her proposal photos, this bride was determined to make a MAJOR change.

In a raw music video for his new song “Drug Dealer,” hip-hop artist Macklemore paints a stark and moving picture of his personal struggle with prescription drug abuse, which mirrors a nationwide epidemic that has increased death rates among middle-age white people in the United States.

Genes taken from archived blood samples show the U.S. AIDS epidemic started in New York in the early 1970s, definitively debunking the long-held belief that the virus was spread in the early 1980s by a flight attendant who became vilified as "Patient Zero" for seeding the U.S. outbreak.

When avid runner and mother-of-two Davina McNaney was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012 at age 40, she was devastated.

Women have almost achieved equality with men … when it comes to tying one on.

It’s not unusual to think that a doctor has forgotten you on the examining table when the wait time is long, but it happened to one Washington mother and her 4-month-old son after they were locked in an urgent care facility after it closed.

The labels on prescription testosterone will now carry a new warning about the serious health risks that have been linked with abuse of these products

Astronauts may have no trouble moving heavy objects in the weightlessness of space, but that doesn't mean that the experience isn't hard on their backs.

Communities in the U.S. range widely in the percentage of residents who've had heart attacks, a new report shows.

Health authorities in Colombia and Brazil will launch large-scale mosquito-control campaigns using a using naturally occurring bacteria known as Wolbachia to fight the spread of dengue and Zika viruses among people.

A California police officer recently went beyond his call of duty when he helped console a boy with special needs who was having a temper tantrum.

The ticket to a long life may be growing in your herb garden.

For heart disease patients who adhere to optimal medical therapy, outcomes of coronary bypass graft surgery (CABG) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) may not differ, a new study finds.

Winning a spot on the Homecoming Court is many a high school students’ dream, but one Georgia teenager acted like a true queen when she gave up her crown to a deserving friend.

The United Nations likely refused to accept legal responsibility for a cholera outbreak in Haiti that has killed thousands in the past six years because it was a position pressed by the United States, an independent U.N. investigator said on Tuesday.

Women experiencing menopause symptoms like hot flashes and sleeping problems do better if they have a comfortable workplace and a supportive boss, according to an Australian study.

Women who want to breastfeed their babies may be more likely to try it and to stick with it when they receive education and support, new U.S. guidelines conclude.

They were a perfect match — in sickness and in health.