Love dogs but find yourself uncontrollably sneezing around some of them? There might be a solution that's easier than allergy shots. Neuter your male pup or opt for a female dog.
Rich people live healthy, disability-free lives an average of nine years longer than less wealthy people, according to a major study that lays bare the troubling economic inequalities behind lifespans in the US and UK.
Researchers found that women who reported having sex weekly were 28% less likely to have experienced menopause than those who had sex less than once a month
Climate change, infectious diseases, anti-vaxxers and antimicrobial resistance all made their way on to the World Health Organization's list of urgent health challenges facing the next decade.
This year's flu vaccine is "not a very good match" for a common strain of the flu that's especially tough on children, according to the nation's top infectious disease doctor.
Climate change temperature increases of 1.5 degrees Celsius or 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit, as predicted under the Paris Climate Agreement without a mitigation plan, would cause an additional 1,600 fatal injury deaths every year, with a majority of those deaths, or 84%, impacting men.
Ninety percent of Americans who could benefit from knee replacement are waiting too long to have surgery, a new study says, while 25% of those who get the surgery are doing it too soon, with little benefit.
New Jersey bill to eliminate religion as reason not to vaccinate schoolchildren was not voted on Monday by senate and assembly, despite anticipation. Final amendments were made Thursday before it was adopted in a vote. Opinions on vaccination and the bill by politicians, CDC, a doctor and others are included.
One of the largest studies about women's emotions after an abortion finds most feel relieved and don't regret their choice, even if they struggled beforehand or worried about stigma.
Pediatricians across the United States are sounding the alarm about unusually high numbers of young children being admitted to emergency departments due to respiratory syncytial virus infection or RSV, a common virus that causes cold-like symptoms.
Flu activity in the United States went down last week, but that doesn't mean the season has peaked and the worst is behind us, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday.
Almost 2 million people in Hong Kong --- about a third its adult population -- are estimated to have experienced symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) during months of social unrest in the city, according to research published Friday in The Lancet medical journal.
