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In high school football, head impacts are more severe in the second quarter of the game, when caused by contact with another player and after longer closing distances, according to a new U.S. study.

While the dangers associated with playing professional football and other contact sports are well-documented, the Mixed Martial Arts (MMA,) Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) continue operate somewhat under the radar as their athletes enter the cage or ring and fight until what seems like an inevitably early death.

A Chinese woman has reportedly died after an airborne umbrella stand punctured her throat during a motorcycle accident.

Although millions of American women use hormone therapy, some of its effects are uncertain due to previous mixed results and insufficient research.

As many as 11 members of the California delegation at the Republican National Convention (RNC) may have been infected by norovirus, reports suggest.

With all the talk about the risks of "polypharmacy" - being prescribed more than five medications - it might be surprising to learn that not receiving enough of the right prescriptions can also significantly increase your risk of being hospitalized or dying.

An outside panel has concluded that physical abuse was the cause of injuries to an autistic teenager whose legs were broken when a teaching assistant physically restrained him.

"Of course I know how to roll a joint," said Martha Stewart in 2013.

Have you ever wondered what happens in a sex therapist’s office?

A Florida police officer who beat cancer twice has achieved another harrowing fete that’s inspiring people across the state.

A Georgia teen is forced to spend her summer indoors rather than outside with friends as she waits for a kidney and takes upwards of 20 pills per day.

Scientists are finding a growing number of ways placebos appear to bring about real health benefits in patients.

The U.N. children's agency warns that some 49,000 children will die of malnutrition in areas once cut off by northeastern Nigeria's Islamic extremist uprising if they don't get treatment.

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Rashid Hassan Mohammed began using drugs when he was 15, after fleeing an abusive home in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa and joining a street gang that robbed and stole to buy heroin.

UNICEF says 11 people have died in a suspected cholera outbreak in South Sudan.

A daily dose of anti-HIV medication almost eradicates the risk of infection for people in a relationship with an HIV positive partner, a study showed on Tuesday, raising hopes of reducing HIV rates among one of Africa's highest risk groups.

Radiologists don't agree on what qualifies as "dense breasts," according to a new study.

Women with osteoporosis who take drugs to help avoid fractures still need to have their bone density monitored, a Canadian study suggests.

Some of the world's largest drug companies are taking out their checkbooks for acquisitions of smaller peers whose cancer drugs have the potential to cure not just patients, but corporate growth prospects as well.