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Halloween has come early this year as the creepy clown craze fans out across the country, with one town after another reporting strange sightings of the costumed figures.

Merck & Co scored a double hit on Sunday with new clinical data showing its Keytruda immunotherapy offered big benefits in previously untreated lung cancer patients, either when given on its own or with chemotherapy.

There are no high-quality trials assessing whether using antibiotics or antiseptics on open surgical wounds speeds healing by slowing the growth of dangerous microorganisms, according to a new Cochrane review.

Patients arrived every 10 or 15 minutes, brought on motorcycles by relatives with vomit-covered shoulders and hoisted up the stairs into southwest Haiti's Port-a-Piment hospital, where they could rest their weak, cholera-sapped limbs.

Health news from AskDrManny Can reading benefit an unborn baby? I received this question the other day from a very concerned pregnant patient of mine. Of course, I immediately said yes, but in reality, I wasn't 100 percent sure. I wish a baby could learn in utero -- I would've saved thousands of dollars in tuition -- but a bigger question is: […] The post Start Singing and Reading to Your Baby in the Womb appeared first on AskDrManny.

A 4-year-old boy in England ended up in the emergency room after taking a slew of dietary supplements that led to health problems, according to a new report of the case

If you have a friend or family member who is depressed, you may not know what to say or you may say things that make the person feel worse.

Anna Young’s race photo from the REVEL Big Cottonwood Canyon Half Marathon wasn’t your typical hunched-over, mouth agape, eyes-begging-for-the-finish-line shot.

Many people get a surprise when the doctor hands them a diabetes or a prediabetes diagnosis.

Between her one-woman, off-Broadway show, “All The Ways To Say I Love You,” and her Emmy-nominated role on “Transparent,” actress Judith Light has no time to get sick.

Choosing an OB/GYN or midwife when you’re pregnant is one of the most important decisions you’ll ever make and one most moms give a lot of thought to.

With pet obesity on the rise, it’s more important than ever to zero in on a diet that will keep your fur baby healthy.

Drugmaker Mylan will pay $465 million to settle allegations that it overbilled Medicaid for its life-saving EpiPen, ending one of the controversies over the soaring price of the emergency allergy injection.

The number of PSA tests ordered in the U.S. to screen men for prostate cancer hasn't changed in recent years, despite new guidelines that say men shouldn't get this test, a new study finds.

A Pennsylvania mother has been charged with child endangerment after investigators found her 11-month-old son allegedly malnourished after being fed only nuts and fruit.

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Simple adjustments can help both amateur and professional golfers improve their performance, sports medicine specialists say.

When the young Australian cervical cancer patient learned she had to lose her womb in order to survive, she proposed something audacious to the doctor who was treating her: She asked if she could have a womb transplant, so she could one day carry her own baby.

A possible unexpected benefit of cinnamon: A study in Scientific Reports suggests it can lower stomach temperature by up to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, Live Science reports.

Older people may too often be diagnosed with an underactive thyroid and prescribed thyroid hormones, which can cause new troubles and expenses without improving their lives, researchers say.