A new study by German researchers suggests that mountain living may help shed the pounds. The study reports that obese people lost weight at high altitudes and

You know smoking is bad for you. You know inhaling someone else's smoke is bad for you. Now a U.S. study says third-hand smoke - tobacco residue clinging to

Women over 40 are nearly twice as likely to give birth to an autistic child than a mother under 30, researchers said Monday in a study that found more evidence

There is a thought that the growing truth that oftentimes (despite what many of us assume to be true) the higher the work-saving, time-saving, trouble-saving

Drinking beer can help prevent weak bones, according to a new study reported in Monday’s edition of The Sun.

Aid groups say they are launching an emergency vaccination campaign for 140,000 people in Haiti to protect them against measles and other diseases.

If you downed one too many while watching the Super Bowl, here's at least one reason to hold your head high: Drinking beer can be good for your health.

Gov. Phil Bredesen's proposed cuts to the state's expanded Medicaid program would cost state hospitals hundreds of millions of dollars and may force some of

An 11-year-old girl in the Northeast recently gave birth to a baby boy, according to the girl's family

Weight Watchers International Inc. said Friday that rival Jenny Craig will end a controversial advertisement campaign as part of a legal settlement between the two weight-loss

Danny Williams decision to have heart surgery in the U.S. has Canadians scratching their heads.

Right next to the Band-Aids, antacids and pain-relief creams, there is a surprising array of pleasure items

Med administrators didn't take kindly to what Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen had to say about funding the regional hospital and trauma center, and fired back

A project is under way to use communications technology so health clinics in three Arkansas communities can expand access to testing for cervical cancer among

Researchers think a little rock-a-bye baby motion may help couples with infertility problems have children.