Health

Weight loss surgery has traditionally been viewed as a procedure for adults with severe obesity who haven’t been able to lose weight or keep it…

Many of us begin to groan and moan as our precious weekend comes to an end. It’s not just the interruption of fun with friends and family that…

Robert Chelsea just got a new face, and with it, he is the latest milestone in the burgeoning world of facial transplant surgery. He is the first…

For the first time, vaping devices and cartridges will be accepted during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday. Since the program…

Several retailers have pulled Johnson’s baby powder from shelves after Johnson & Johnson announced earlier this month it was recalling…

Fentanyl remains the deadliest drug in the United States. But in some areas of the country, methamphetamine kills more people. A new report from the…

As of Tuesday, there were 1,604 lung injury cases associated with e-cigarette products in 49 states, the District of Columbia and the US Virgin…

WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is going after vaping company Eonsmoke LLC with a warning letter seeking to remove…

Young people who first try a flavored tobacco product are at higher risk of using tobacco later on, according to a new study. The study, published…

Humid, windy days with low pressure make pain worse in those with long-term health conditions, according to new research. People with conditions like…

Limiting kids’ access to flavored tobacco products like e-cigarettes, smokeless tobacco and cigars seems to work, according to a new study that…

People with higher levels of trans fats in their blood may be 50% to 75% more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease or dementia from any cause,…

Shivam Distributors of Longwood, Florida, is recalling packages of Parivar brand dry dates because they contain high sulfite content, the US Food and…

A Pennsylvania woman has been ordered quarantined after she was potentially exposed to measles, the first time the city ordered a quarantine in…

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. and its subsidiaries issued a voluntary nationwide recall of its ranitidine medicines used to treat heartburn,…

After improving for the better part of a decade, air quality in the US is worsening again — and could be associated with nearly 10,000…

Researchers have found an unlikely but compelling example of sex bias in the natural history collections of museums around the world. The fact is…

The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday released draft guidance recommending a “boxed warning” on labeling materials for breast…

People failing to wash their hands after going to the toilet, rather than undercooked meat or other food, is behind the spread of…

It’s 3 a.m. and you’re wide awake for the second night in a row. You get up and stumble to the kitchen for some warm milk mom swears will…

A Los Angeles County resident visited Disneyland last week while infectious with measles, health officials said late Tuesday, potentially exposing…

You may want to take your blood pressure medicine at bedtime rather than when you get up in the morning, according to a study published Tuesday in…