MEDICINE

State and Federal lawmakers constantly proposed measures to restrict women's reproductive rights in 2011.

Beauty coaching, online wellness, snow showers and sound massages are just a few of the luxury treatments clients at spas around the globe will be experiencing in 2012.

Venezuela is offering women the free removal of breast implants made by a bankrupt French company that used industrial silicone to make cheap prostheses linked to health risks.

An autopsy performed on legendary MC Heavy D has revealed that his Nov. 8 death was a result of a pulmonary embolism. A final autopsy report is expected to be released within two weeks.

As early as 2000, U.S. health authorities raised concerns about the French breast implant maker at the heart of a scandal affecting hundreds of thousands of women worldwide. That was almost ten years before the company came under scrutiny from European regulators.

A controversial scientific research connecting the disabling condition of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) to a mouse leukaemia retrovirus has been retracted by the journal Science owing to allegations that the research data has been manipulated.

Wisconsin Republican Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner is in a bit of hot water after he was overheard telling a constituent that Michelle Obama has a large posterior.

Fears over the safety of silicone breast implants made by a now defunct French firm spread to Australia, South America and across Europe on Thursday as French officials prepared to decide if thousands of women should have their implants surgically removed.

The French government is still deciding whether or not to order women to get rid of defective breast implants, made from industrial grade silicone. However, senior officials told Libération newspaper that all French women given prosthetics supplied by the company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) will be ordered this week to remove the implants.

A Canadian charity, appropriately named EARS, is offering to help a Rocky Mountain town deal with its bunny problem, promising to neuter and spay the unwanted rabbits rather than let the city carry out its trap-and-cull proposal.

Patients want easy access to any notes their doctor has recorded about them, and they want the right to let others view their medical information, according to a pair of U.S. studies.

U.S. District Court Judge Edward Korman ruled the Center for Reproductive Rights can reopen a lawsuit against the FDA that alleges the agency's decision to deny over-the-counter access to Plan B for all women is not supported by medical or scientific evidence.

Sanford & Son actor Graham Brown died in New jersey on Tuesday of pulmonary failure at the age of 87. A memorial celebration for Brown will take place on a date to be announced later.

New York City school children slimmed down during the past five years, according to research results published Thursday.

Miley Cyrus has shot down rumors that her cleavage is a result of plastic surgery and has said her bust is all natural. Thank you for the compliment, but these babies are all mine, the former Disney star noted in a tweet. I wish they'd realize you don't have to be fake to be beautiful!

The E! News host is reportedly in good spirits following her surgery for breast cancer.

Elsa Then purposely performed botched surgeries after preying on Hispanic women.

Medtronic Inc has agreed to pay $23.5 million to settle allegations that it paid kickbacks to doctors to encourage them to use its pacemakers and defibrillators, the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday.

Medtronic Inc has agreed to pay $23.5 million to settle allegations that it paid kickbacks to doctors to encourage them to use its pacemakers and defibrillators, the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday.

With barefoot running all the rage, the unshod workout is gaining ground across the exercise spectrum.

High starch intake can increase the risk for breast cancer recurrence, according to findings in a study.