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If you saw the recent headlines connecting gallbladder cancer to the consumption of sugary sodas, you may not have been too surprised by the news.

A Texas girl whose mother gave birth to her while battling cancer has made an online plea to raise money for what could be end-of-life care after the disease returned and spread to her brain.

Officials say a West Point cadet from Missouri is on life support after he tried to save a swimmer who was caught in a rip current off a Long Island beach.

Safyre Terry, the 8-year-old New York girl who captured hearts after losing her father and siblings in a house fire, has received a new hand and foot.

If you’re barbecuing this summer there are some things you should keep in mind to make sure you and your guests are safe

An Iowa woman recovering from a blistering burn she received after gardening in her yard is warning of a poisonous weed that likely did the deed.

A Toronto man is dead after a cat bit him on the right thumb—but the cause is so rare that doctors wrote up a case study in the World Journal of Clinical Cases warning other physicians to be on the lookout for the unusual cascade of events.

A 60-year-old woman from the UK who's been in a protracted legal battle to become pregnant using her dead daughter's frozen eggs has made some progress toward winning that fight, the BBC reports.

The next time Fido comes in for a kiss, you may want to think twice before letting him lick your face.

If you have an advance directive that cherry-picks the interventions you want to receive if your heart suddenly stops, you might want to rethink your choices, according to physicians writing in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Learning to be less harsh or judgmental and more compassionate to oneself may help people with diabetes manage their disease and stave off depression, a recent study suggests.

Dressed in their finest formalwear, five Canadian teens used their prom night to raise funds for cancer patients— by shaving their heads.

A new report suggests more clinics in the United States are offering potentially ineffective or harmful stem cell “treatments” without regulation from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

A Georgia community has twice the reason to celebrate this Saturday, as two of its residents— identical twins— are set to commemorate 100 years of life.

A 911 call allegedly made from a survivor of a plane crash turned out to be an actual nightmare.

As the summer of Zika descends, pregnant women say they feel like they have a target on their back — and experts confirm that they may not be wrong.

Researchers and physicians are trying new ways to ease the notorious side effects of chemotherapy and make it more tolerable.

Joey England, a physician specializing in maternal and fetal medicine in Houston, was at her optometrist’s office waiting for an exam when an employee there abruptly asked her, “Should I get pregnant?”

There are bacteria living in women's breast tissue, and these microbes may affect women's health, a new study from Canada suggests.

The study found no link between consuming butter and an increased risk of heart disease or stroke, instead finding that butter might actually be slightly protective against type 2 diabetes.