More than 90% of the world's population breathes in air that violates air quality guidelines set by the World Health Organization, increasing their risk of lung cancer and respiratory infections, but also conditions including stroke, cardiovascular disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
If you're like most Americans, you've made getting more fit and losing weight your New Year's resolution to kick off 2017. Unfortunately, your resolution will most likely fail.
President-elect Donald Trump met with notable anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Tuesday, further stoking unfounded fears about vaccine safety and efficacy by asking the Democrat to chair a commission on the issue.
Although Twinkies normally have a long shelf life, don't hoard any boxes of limited-edition Holiday White Peppermint Hostess Twinkies for your post-holiday snacking or apocalypse preparation needs.
On December 17th, 2016, Lyndsay and Matthew Brentlinger welcomed twins into the world. That alone was a minor miracle, because doctors had told the Ohio couple one of their twins, the boy, would be stillborn.
Americans seem to be sweet on sweeteners. Low-calorie sweetener consumption has increased 200% among children and 54% among adults from 1999 to 2012 in the United States, a new study suggests.
Republicans on Capitol Hill are working to both "repeal and replace" President Barack Obama's signature health care law, the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.
The Tree Man is no longer. Thanks to some groundbreaking surgeries, he can go back to being Abul Bajandar, a 27-year-old father and husband from a small town in Bangladesh.
One in three women with breast cancer detected by a mammogram is treated unnecessarily, because screening tests found tumors that are so slow-growing that they're essentially harmless, according to a Danish study published Monday in Annals of Internal Medicine, which has renewed debate over the value of early detection.
The Federal Trade Commission and New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman say the marketers of the supplement Prevagen are making false claims that it helps improve memory.
Cleveland Cavaliers star J.R. Smith and his wife, Jewel Harris Smith, announced the premature birth of their daughter Dakota. The prognosis for preemies can vary widely, experts say.
Organ transplants performed in the United States reached a record high during 2016, for the fourth year in a row, according to preliminary data from the United Network for Organ Sharing.
Do you only find time to workout on the weekends? A new study suggests that exercising just once or twice a week can lower your risk of death, almost as much as regular exercise.
Obamacare eliminated the costs and out-of-pocket expenses for Americans wanting preventive health care services -- including mammography and colonoscopy, both tests able to detect cancer.
There was that distant-feeling New Year's kiss at midnight. Valentine's Day, a holiday based on setting hearts aflutter, was full of awkward pauses and glances over soufflé at the person you used to love.
