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Body modification can be traced to many ancient cultures and today exists as a wide-range of elective changes that can be made to the body’s anatomy or physical appearance, including something as minor as an ear piercing, or as extreme as dermal implants and ear removal.

Florida officials confirmed Thursday that the Zika virus was detected in three mosquito samples from a small area in Miami Beach.

The parents of the Texas toddler who died after a routine dental procedure in March revealed in a recent interview with Inside Edition that the autopsy suggested their daughter never had signs of dental disease to begin with.

Health officials are trying to determine why there's been a dramatic increase in the number of people in Texas each year who contract a food-borne illness that's often linked to produce imported from Mexico and other warmer climes.

Women won the majority of the U.S. medals at the Rio Olympics.

The more interested you are in a topic, such as politics or sports, the more likely you may be to form "false memories" about events related to that topic, according to a new study

On Wednesday’s telecast of the “Today” show, Billy Bush talked about seeing the same psychotherapist for the past 30 years, since he was 14 years old.

Physicians have separated a pair of conjoined twin girls who were born connected at the liver and, in a rare surgical case, at the heart, after completing a risky procedure made possible by 3-D printing.

The federal government’s ban on herbal supplement Kratom classifies it as being as dangerous as heroin, but some credit the substance to saving their lives.

Many patients haven’t heard of “biosimilars,” generic versions of complex biotech drugs, and even some who say they’re familiar with these medicines may still be confused about them, a small European survey suggests.

Hazel Kate Niemitalo is only 16 months old, but she needs an adult organ to have a normal life.

A photo of an Alabama police officer cradling a 1-month old in her arms after the infant’s parents overdosed is tugging at heart strings across the nation.

A 26-year-old man with terminal cancer was granted his wish to marry the love of his life last week after doctors said he may not make to an originally planned October wedding date.

The grandmother of a 5-year-old boy in Washington D.C., said her grandson was hospitalized after his school nurse gave him the wrong medication for his asthma.

A hepatitis A outbreak linked to Egyptian berries used in smoothies has expanded to six states and 69 victims, with Virginia tallying the most reported cases.

A recall has been issued for Entenmann’s Little Bites fudge brownies, chocolate chip muffins and variety packs after the company that makes the packaged snacks reported that they may contain small pieces of plastic.

Last week, I stumbled on a beautiful and moving picture of young children learning.

A simple iPad game could reveal if your child has autism, researchers have found.

Some 6,000 people in Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo may be infected with yellow fever, six times the number of confirmed cases, but no new infections have been found since July 12, an "extremely positive" trend, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.

The nation's top housing official is proposing lowering the level of lead that must be detected in children's blood before triggering federal action to clean up the homes where they live.