The rate of obesity is still rising among United States adults. Women have now overtaken men in number who are classified as obese, according to the report.
American women are twice as likely to die from causes related to pregnancy or childbirth than Canadian women. The United States is one of only 13 countries where the maternal mortality rate rose since 1990.
Being of normal weight but having a beer belly is bad for you. Carrying fat around the middle of your body greatly increases your risk for heart disease and death
Thousands of pill bottles litter the sidewalk surrounding the White House as around 50 people mostly war veterans want the government equal access to medical marijuana.
For the first time in more than a year of the Ebola crisis, Guinea didn’t have any new reported cases last week, which may signal the beginning of the epidemic’s end. But that may be hampered if the test result of a Brazilian man turns out positive.
An analysis of medical records has found an association between taking L-DOPA, commonly used to treat Parkinson's disease, and a reduced risk or delayed start of an eye condition called macular degeneration.
For the first time, products have passed through the FDA’s system under a 2009 law that gave the agency authority to evaluate new tobacco products. This does not mean they are safe or "FDA approved."
Chipotle is reopening the 43 Pacific Northwest restaurants that the company shut down after an outbreak of E. coli started. Health officials have not found the source of the bacterial outbreak that sickened about 40 people.
