New research shows that chances of dying from very early breast cancer are small but the disease is riskier for young women and blacks, the same disparities seen for more advanced cancer. Death...

Sweden's Karolinska Institute says a leading stem cell scientist accused of unethical behavior has been cleared of scientific misconduct though he sometimes acted without due care. In a statement...

emCare has launched a new website: www.myemcare.com to provide individuals with information about its B2C solutions. These solutions are specifically designed for people's peace of mind, accident...

A pediatricians' group is recommending that infants at high risk of peanut allergies be given foods containing peanuts before they turn 1. The interim guidance is in response to a major allergy...

For one family in Sweden, a pioneering procedure has led to a baby being born from the same womb that nurtured his mother, uniting three generations. The new mother, who lost her own uterus to...

The number of persons in Malta diagnosed with diabetes is expected to increase to 36,800 by 2035, the latest statistics and predictions by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) show....

The furor on Capitol Hill over a leading U.S. pro-choice group has stoked a debate about the use of tissue from aborted fetuses in medical research, but U.S. scientists have been using such cells for...

Surgery, drugs, radiation, comfort care. What's next for Jimmy Carter depends on how widely his cancer has spread and where, and how aggressively the 90-year-old former president wants to fight...

The same bacteria that cause simple strep throat sometimes trigger bloodstream or even flesh-eating infections instead, and over the years, dangerous cases have increased. Now researchers have...

Barely 2 years old, Talia Pisano is getting tough treatment for kidney cancer that spread to her brain. She's also getting a chance at having babies of her own someday. To battle infertility...