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A new study finds that men and women who avoid these five unhealthy habits can add seven to ten years to their life as they age.

Lyme disease is the most common illness spread by ticks in North America and Europe. View Lyme disease symptoms, treatments and prevention tips.

Seattle Public Schools sent home fewer than 100 students who arrived for class on Wednesday without complete immunization records.

It's called Britain's oldest brain, and 2,600 years ago it belonged to an Iron Age man who was likely bashed over the head and decapitated.

It's a difficult birth for this new decade. The year 2020 kicks off under the shadow of divisive politics, international security threats, a spate of hate crimes, and a planet in environmental peril, plus all the reasons we're stressed individually: work, health problems, life changes and more.

As electric scooters become increasingly ubiquitous in cities, so are scooter-related injuries, one study reports.

The cancer death rate in the United States continues to decline for the 26th year in a row, with the largest ever single-year drop of 2.2% in overall cancer deaths from 2016 to 2017, according to a new report.

The number of Americans who have died from alcohol-related problems annually more than doubled between 1999 and 2017, a new study found, and that's likely an undercount, the researchers said.

A group of dementias which strike between ages 40 and 65 and rob a person's ability to control their impulses may be slowed by an active physical and mental lifestyle, says a new study.

Recent high-profile court cases have raised concerns that women who use talc-based powder around their genital area may be at a risk for ovarian cancer, but a new study says that might not be the case.

As flu reaches high levels in New York and other parts of the Northeast, this season has set a tragic record for children around the country.

Researchers found that for the 138 first-time marathon runners they tracked, training and completing the London marathon was associated with a four-year reduction in their "vascular age."

Chinese health authorities are still investigating the cause of a mysterious pneumonia outbreak that has infected dozens and put Asia on alert, after ruling out a return of the deadly Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).

More than 1,400 Seattle Public Schools students are still at risk of being excluded from school if they don't provide verified vaccination records by Wednesday, school system spokesman Tim Robinson said.

Vacation is the time you may want to think about bedbugs. Edgar Treiguts reports.

The popular keto diet -- which even has a national keto day -- is panned by experts who say it limits nutritents and isn't sustainable. So why is it so popular?

When astronauts encounter a medical risk on the International Space Station 250 miles up from the Earth's surface, it's not exactly easy for a doctor to make a house call.

This flu season is shaping up to be one of the worst in decades, according to the United States' top infectious disease doctor.

The US Food and Drug Administration has finalized a policy to clear the market of most flavored e-cigarette cartridges in the United States.

Abstaining from food for 16 to 18 hours a day could be key to treating a variety of health conditions -- even if you've got to train yourself to push past the hunger.