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More people who are overweight or obese may get screened for diabetes under new guidelines released this week by a panel of prevention experts. Those whose blood ...

Mass shootings and the accompanying carnage have now become a regular part of life in America. And mental health experts warn that this steady drumbeat ...

While relatively few cases of flu have surfaced so far in the United States, health officials say the holiday season will likely change that, so ...

National Football League football players may not be the only ones who can develop a degenerative brain disease linked to repeated concussions during decades of ...

News reports on the downsides of statins may push some people to stop taking the cholesterol-lowering drugs, a new study hints. The findings, published Dec. ...

Smoking high-potency marijuana might damage nerve fibers that connect the brain’s two hemispheres, a new study reports. MRI scans of nearly 100 people — including ...

Burnout is a growing problem among American doctors, a new study indicates. Analyzing the results of 2011 and 2014 surveys of more than 6,000 doctors ...

About one in every eight American adults continue to have high levels of total cholesterol, while even more have low levels of “good” cholesterol, health ...

LOS ANGELES — More times than she can count, Dr. Carin van Zyl has heard terminally ill patients beg to die. They tell her they can’t ...

A technique already used in the emergency room may have new potential as a minimally invasive treatment for morbid obesity, preliminary findings suggest. The procedure, ...