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Legendary women’s soccer champion Brandi Chastain is no stranger to adversity.

More than 1,000 people converged on a Wisconsin town Friday to honor a 14-year-old girl with a fatal illness who has chosen end-of-life hospice care over surgery.

Ever notice how mosquitoes seem to frantically feast on some folks while ignoring others?

A burger and fries may sound more like an indulgent meal rather than a healthy one, but not when London nutritionist Libby Lemon is behind the grill.

A civilian contract worker has become the first person with a confirmed case of Zika on the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after being diagnosed with the mosquito-borne virus following a trip to Jamaica, the Navy said Friday.

A Big Apple baby was born with Zika-related microcephaly — the first in New York City, the Health Department said in a statement.

This adorable, awestruck 3-month-old girl is melting hearts after being caught on video the moment she hears her mom for the first time.

LONDON — The lead surgeon in the UK's first double hand transplant says he believes the patient will regain good movement and feeling in his hands.

An 11-time Special Olympic long-distance walker was once suffering excruciating pain and in danger of losing his vision as he desperately searched for a doctor who would take him seriously.

Drinking alcohol may cause seven different types of cancer, a new meta-analysis finds

The relationship between humans and the bacteria in our guts extends far back into the past — to the time before modern humans even existed, a new study finds

A detailed new map of the human brain's outer layer identifies nearly 100 brain areas that have not been previously reported, according to a new study

The modern epidural — a powerful combination of painkillers used to help women endure labor — is nothing like the painkillers of generations past

SPOKANE, Wash.

An assistant principal at a Georgia high school brought new meaning to her role when she assisted her colleague in delivering her baby on the way to work.

A former Victoria’s Secret retoucher recently spilled the tricks of the trade to Refinery29, dishing on everything from hairy models to making ultrathin bodies look curvier.

A Virginia mother of three has made good on a high school friend's dying wish by adopting her six children.

About one in every 2,000 people in Ogliastra, a province in eastern Sardinia, lives to be 100, the Financial Times reports.

The hot flashes, night sweats, and vaginal dryness characteristic of menopause may no longer also signal the end of a woman's fertility thanks to a blood treatment used to heal wounds.

PITTSTOWN, N.J. — A 113-year-old New Jersey woman is the new holder of the title of oldest American.