Immunotherapy has gained ground against a stubborn opponent: ovarian cancer. A personalized cancer vaccine is safe and may lengthen the lives of ovarian cancer patients, a small clinical trial found.
Visitors who walk into Deborah Giannecchini's ranch house in Modesto, California, will notice a well-tended garden, four small dogs who greet every visitor with enthusiasm and a sign that hangs prominently displayed in her living room that reads "It's never too late to live happily ever after."
Craigslist shut down their personals after an anti-sex trafficking bill passed through Congress, which could have an unexpected impact on sex workers' lives.
A new study reveals wide state-by-state differences in disease prevalence and life expectancy across America. Here's a visual guide to which states rank best and worst.
A London council has taken the unprecedented step of establishing a "buffer zone" outside a sexual health clinic in a bid to protect women from protesters accused of harassment and verbal abuse.
A GoFundMe campaign for the affected team, the Humboldt Broncos, has raised almost $5.8 million. That's enough to rank it among the five most successful campaigns ever on the platform.
What happened to a contestant in a hot-pepper-eating contest may give spicy food aficionados one more reason to "fear the reaper," according to a recent case report.
Essure, the only non-surgical permanent form of birth control for women, has been fraught with complaints. A new order by the FDA may kill it altogether.
If we could meet our human ancestors from hundreds of thousands of years ago and have a conversation with them, we might think they were angry and aggressive -- just by looking at their eyebrows.
The first fossil of an ancient human found in the Arabian Peninsula could disrupt the widely accepted theory of how modern humans migrated out of Africa.
Two years ago, Brendan Tyne pleaded with the Food and Drug Administration to approve a drug that he was hopeful could finally bring his mother some peace.
There are plenty of ways moms use extra breast milk. They pump it, dump it, save it, bake with it or even drink it (though health experts definitely caution against this). Amanda Lanners, a South Dakota mom of four, decided to donate it instead.
A warning about life-threatening bleeding linked to use of synthetic cannabinoids -- commonly known as fake weed or spice -- was issued by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday after two deaths and dozens of patients appearing in ERs with serious unexplained bleeding.
