SAN ANTONIO - If words like "big," "monster" or "bottomless" don't scare you out of skipping some items off the menu at restaurants, the nutrition information might.

WASHINGTON, July 30 (Xinhua) -- Drug-resistant malaria is now widespread in Southeast Asia, seriously threatening global efforts to control malaria, a new study warned Wednesday.

WEDNESDAY, July 30, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Older people with depression are more likely to develop dementia, but researchers have been unable to explain the exact nature of the relationship between the two.

New microbe-caused diseases seem to be springing up all over the place, spread by the busy worldwide aircraft network that reaches into even the most remote and once-isolated places.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - HealthTap Chief Executive Officer Ron Gutman believes paying the doctor a visit is expensive and time-consuming.

More than 15,000 West Virginia seniors have saved a collective $12 million so far this year through a provision of the Affordable Care Act designed to close the coverage gap for those who had previously paid the full price for prescription drugs, according to ...

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Scientists have discovered a genetic mutation linked to the human stress response that may be able to determine a person's likelihood of committing suicide.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ:US) is pulling from the global market a device used during hysterectomies and other uterine procedures after reports that it may spread and accelerate the growth of undetected cancer inside women.

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Mullally: How will investors react to news that BioMarin has sold its FDA priority review voucher for $67.5 million? Perhaps investors should focus on the supply of vouchers rather than the price.

One person in Sarasota County has died from a “flesh-eating bacteria,” officials there confirmed Tuesday. According to a spokesperson with the Florida Department of Health in Sarasota County, the patient was middle-aged and had chronic health problems.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have released a report this week on weather connected deaths, many of them due to temperature related conditions like heat stroke or hypothermia.

The popular push for locally produced food has spawned flocks of backyard chickens in urban neighborhoods nationwide, but people may not realize that feasting on fresh eggs can mean subjecting their more typical household pets to pain from a new pest ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland's health secretary, who has been working to repair the state's badly flawed health exchange website this year, will be joining the full-time faculty at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, effective Jan.

The Tangent City Council has approved a medical marijuana dispensary, but the owners of the organization still must meet conditions of approval, such as landscaping - and getting registered with the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program - before it begins ...