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Health officials are warning the public about a dangerous strain of e-coli that may be linked to romaine lettuce.

Cold weather and a potentially less effective flu vaccine could be contributing to the early spike.

For patients with mild cognitive impairment, don't be surprised if your health care provider prescribes exercise rather than medication. A new guideline for medical practitioners says they should recommend twice-weekly exercise to people with mild cog

By Will Boggs MD (Reuters Health) - An experimental blood test accurately identifies people who do, or dont, have celiac disease, even if they are following gluten-free diets, researchers say. Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder that affects roughly one percent of people in the U.S.

Sometimes a visit to the hospital makes you sicker than you were than you arrived.

Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador have each reported 13 cases, Ontario has had 8, New Brunswick five and Nova Scotia one.

PHILADELPHIA (KYW-TV) - A warning this holiday season about something that is called Christmas Tree Syndrome where people get sick from being around the tree. A centerpiece of the season: the Christmas tree and the real ones are a beautiful tradition from

From misleading death certificates, to no safeguards preventing abusive caregivers, assisted-suicide laws leave the most vulnerable among us even worse off.

Rick Hay, an Australian nutritional therapist and lecturer in weight management at the College of Naturopathic Medicine in London, says eating liquorice can help promote sleep.

Sleeping late at night is wreaking havoc on your brain

The numbers for 2016 are the highest since record keeping began

Researchers at Penn State say they've found that a wide variety of mushrooms are packed with two important anti-aging chemicals,ergothioneine and glutathione.

Too low a level of a hormone in the blood which protects against stress may be the cause of epilepsy-like seizures which doctors had otherwise believed had solely psychological causes. New research results may help to improve the diagnosis and treatment o

Abnormal protein transmits symptoms of type 2 diabetes in mice, study finds

PLAGUE warnings have been issued for NINE countries surrounding Madagascar amid fears the disease could spread via sea trade and flight routes. The outbreak is considered a much bigger threat to the region than in previous years because it has taken on it

A new study revealed that working out for too many hours a week increases the risk of coronary artery calcification, which is a warning for possible heart disease. Interestingly, the trend was only seen among white men.

A British man underwent a bronchoscopy as he was suspected to have lung cancer. The tumor, however, turned out to be a tiny plastic cone, a toy that the patient inhaled during his childhood.

Scientists at the University of North Carolina's Medical School conducted a series of experiments to look at different factors driving the disease in order to try and pinpoint a way to stop it in its tracks.

New research holds out hope for those suffering from an insidious and debilitating illness known as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), or myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME). The primary symptom is difficult to prove and sometimes impossible to get health care pr

MADRID, Aug 28 A new large-scale study has found for the first time that Mediterranean coffee drinkers benefit from a lower risk of death.One of the most widely consumed drinks in the world, many previous studies have also found numerous