Trisomy 18 has been in the news lately because it's the chromosome abnormality affecting GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum's daughter, Bella. What is it?
Healthcare costs related to obesity total more than $190 billion is spent annually - - more than double previous estimates, according to a new study.
Most 10-year-old girls first grapple with the notion of motherhood when they play with a toy doll, but for an indigenous Colombian girl that notion became a reality when she underwent a Caesarean Section and was delivered a daughter weighing just 5 pounds on Friday.
A new study of mothers and children in California finds that kids born to obese women are more likely to be diagnosed with autism or related developmental delays than the children of slimmer moms.
U.S. regulators gave the nod to an imaging test from Eli Lilly and Co. that can for the first time help doctors detect brain plaque tied to Alzheimer's disease, the company said.
Negative attitude towards homosexuality is likely to be more pronounced among individuals who harbor unacknowledged attraction towards the same sex, and who grew up in conservative authoritarian households which forbade such desires, a series of psychology studies have found.
A former mortgage broker turned stripper is claiming she had a procedure done by fix-a-flat doctor Oneal Ron Morris and is now unable to strip and is facing foreclosure because the fake butt implant ruined her life.
A new study from Purdue University has discovered the presence of piceatannoI in red wine that has the potential to interfere with fat cell development in the human body. PiceatannoI is a compound found in grapes, blueberries and passion fruit with a structural property similar to the much known resveratrol. The study is seen as a forerunner for anti-obesity measures
It now seems possible that antibiotics could treat some patients with appendicitis better than surgery.
One of the most promising new cancer drugs isn't new at all -- it's metformin, a commonly prescribed diabetes drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1994. It may be able to suppress tumors, according to new research.
A new bill that requires abortion doctors to have admitting privileges at local hospitals could force the state's only abortion clinic to close its doors.
U.S. courts have authority to decide whether President Barack Obama's healthcare law is valid under the Constitution, his attorney general told a federal court on Thursday in a further bid to defuse a controversy Obama ignited earlier this week.
The different allergy labels in common use may be confusing consumers instead of helping them decide whether to buy a food product, a new Canadian study shows.
Sushi is the prime suspect of the latest Salmonella outbreak, but government officials say the foodborne illness hasn't been traced to a particular food yet and investigations are still underway.
A whooping cough epidemic has broken out in Washington state, according to the Washington State Department of Health. Over 600 cases have already been reported this year.
Dr. Leila Denmark, a doctor that practiced medicine for 73 years, passed away at the age of 114. Dr. Denmark only stopped treating patients 11 years ago at the age of 103. On Sunday the doctor died at her daughter's home in Athens, Ga., of natural causes. She was the world's fourth-oldest person.
Eric Abadie, the chairman of the European Medicines Agency's main committee for approving new drugs, resigned suddenly on Wednesday in a move a spokesman said was related to his position at the French healthcare regulator, AFSSAPS.
Controversial author of I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell, Tucker Max attempted to give a $500,000 donation to Planned Parenthood--but his money was refused by the organization on principle.
According to research, most of them surveyed compromise with their breakfast in their daily rush and prefer to pick at snacks at work
Michelle Obama will appear as a guest on The Colbert Report on Wednesday, April 11, following a number of talk show visits of late, including The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, Ellen and Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.
Shocking photos of black-market cooking oil produced from garbage, food scraps, and even dead animals have Chinese citizens worried. And now authorities are cracking down on the recycled-oil underground industry.
The birth control pill may make women less sexually attractive to their partners, according to a new study.
Using BMI as a measurement for obesity is unreliable, and could mean the obesity rate is double what researchers previously thought, according to a new study.
A new survey of U.S. teenagers finds that most have used alcohol and drugs by the time they reach adulthood, and researchers say that could be setting up many of them for a lifetime of substance abuse.
President Barack Obama took an opening shot at conservative justices on the Supreme Court on Monday, warning that a rejection of his sweeping healthcare law would be an act of judicial activism that Republicans say they abhor.
These government-operated sterilization policies were initiated by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in the 1970s as a means to prevent the occurrence of defective genetic traits in the Indian population. During that period, thousands of men and women had undergone vasectomy as a part of the program’s family planning initiative. These strategies failed to hold down the population growth, but have nevertheless continued into the 21st century.
The controversial bird flu research that was deemed a threat to national security in December got the OK to be published by a panel of scientists on Friday.
Ten percent of autistic children bloom and grow out of their symptoms, and according to a new study, your income may be a factor.
Young adults are at a significantly higher risk of melanoma than they were 40 years ago, according to a new study.
He didn't mention them by name, but they seemed to be on his mind. President Barack Obama defended his healthcare reform effort on Friday without mentioning the Supreme Court justices who hold the law's fate in their hands.
