MEDICINE

Passengers on US Airways Flight 2846 were shocked to hear they may have been exposed to tuberculosis after another traveler with a suspected infection was found to be aboard.

In deeply conservative and tradition-based Indian society, people carrying the deadly virus are often ostracized and mistreated.

Ahead of this year's World's AIDS Day on Dec. 1, AIDS patients and protesters traveled from rural China to Beijing.

A new study that observed the effects of energy drinks showed two of its main ingredients may increase heart contraction rates an hour after consumption.

The whereabouts of the family of a 10-year-old Amish girl diagnosed with leukemia are unknown after they reportedly fled the country to avoid court-mandated chemotherapy.

Amber Rose is almost back to her pre-baby weight, and showed that real women take months to lose the weight

A World Health Organization report that said half of HIV cases in Greece were "self-inflicte"' to receive state benefits is inaccurate.

Blocking blood flow to an area of the stomach that makes an appetite-inducing hormone could be a powerful weight-loss tool.

FDA, in a strongly-worded letter, warned Google-backed 23andMe Inc to stop selling its DNA-testing kits.

The FAA have announced that pilots with BMIs over 40 will have to be tested for sleep apnea and may not be able to fly if they do.

Rep. Trey Radel (R-Fla.) pleaded guilty to one count of cocaine and said on Facebook he suffered with alcoholism.

University of Manchester researchers were given $100,000 to develop a more "pleasurable" and dependable contraceptive.

It’s not known what caused the attack, which came 10 days after a shooting at a Cypress, Texas, house party that left two dead and 19 injured.

A woman in New York had a piece of platinum heart-shaped jewelry surgically implanted onto her eyeball.

Scientists said that deep-space radiation comes from cosmic rays that can pass through our bodies on Earth.

Kim Kardashian has certainly lost plenty of weight in the past few months, but still was photoshopped in Kanye West's latest music video.

The CDC recommended the vaccination after seven people on campus were diagnosed with meningococcal disease since March.

Some 90,000 people in South Asia die by drowning annually.

"Clueless" star Brittany Murphy might have died from rat poisoning.

A recent study found "Fifty Shades of Grey" library books contained traces of cocaine and the herpes virus.

Model Joanna Krupa revealed this week that she was addicted to laxatives, and was both anorexic and bulimic when she first moved to Los Angeles