There is no free lunch. As more people buy high-deductible health plans, they're discovering that while premiums for such plans are more affordable, the trade-off can be high out-of-pocket costs before coverage kicks in.

HIV stigma makes prevention, treatment difficult among Navajo. Man gets tested for HIV. Michael Kleinfeld UPI. License photo. Published: May 21, 2013 at 2:02 AM.

More than a decade ago, British parents refused to give measles shots to at least a million children because of now discredited research that linked the vaccine to autism.

Sharing a bed with a newborn increases the risk of sudden infant death syndrome fivefold, research claims. The risk applies even if parents avoid tobacco, alcohol and drugs - other factors firmly linked to cot deaths.

Article by: JEFF STRICKLER , Star Tribune; Updated: May 20, 2013 - 9:34 PM. Zach Sobiech, who had a rare cancer, wrote a farewell song that became an Internet sensation.

On Saturday, June 8, more than 200 walkers will team up at the South Tama H.S. track in the battle against cancer when the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Tama County gets underway.

With the popularity of films like “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” and “Silver Linings Playbook” (both adapted from novels of the same name), the subject of mental illness has become quite popular.

A SAUDI man who had contracted the coronavirus has died, raising the death toll in the kingdom from the SARS-like virus to 16, the health ministry has announced.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Sunbathers headed to the beach this summer will find new sunscreen labels on store shelves that are designed to make the products more effective and easier to use.

The biotech industry began in 1978 when the University of California applied for a patent on the gene for the human growth hormone.

Bunions are likely inherited and not caused by faulty footwear, Counsel and Heal reported. Bunions are a painful foot condition characterized by bony bumps that form on the joint at the base of the big toe.

When you're having fun outdoors, it's easy to forget how important it is to protect yourself from the sun. Unprotected skin can be damaged by the sun's ultraviolet rays in as little as 15 minutes.

It turns out that not everyone loves the smell of bacon. A San Francisco bacon restaurant, fittingly called "Bacon Bacon,” was forced to shut its door on Friday after neighbors complained that the "porcine aroma" wafting from the establishment was too strong.

Coffee lovers have another reason to rejoice as a new study claims that regular consumption of the popular beverage can reduce the risk of a rare but serious liver disease.