An experimental therapy that fed children with peanut allergies small amounts of peanut flour has helped more than 80 percent of them safely eat a handful of the previously worrisome...

A new study of obesity finds that much of a child's "weight fate" is set by age 5, and that nearly half of kids who became obese by the eighth grade were already overweight when they...

Just as heart attack symptoms may differ between men and women, so do stroke risks.   Now, the American Heart Association has issued its first guidelines for preventing strokes in women....

To feel what you touch — that's the holy grail for artificial limbs. In a step toward that goal, European researchers created a robotic hand that let an amputee feel differences between a...

If you're unlucky enough to be stricken with a rare medicalcondition, you'd better hope your doctor watches the right television show.   That was the lesson for one German man...

In its most comprehensive look at the cancers that most commonly affect U.S. youths, the American Cancer Society said in a report Friday that childhood cases continues to increase, but death rates...

More than 60 percent of adults in England are overweight or obese, according to new figures by the national public health agency.   The figures were released Tuesday. Experts have previously...

In the absence of federal regulation, American state governments are considering laws to require labels on food items containing genetically modified ingredients.   Currently, only...

Bert and Ernie jump rope and munch apples and carrots, and Cookie Monster has his namesake treat once a week, not every day. Can a Muppets mini-makeover improve kids' health, too?   A...

The European Medicines Agency says it has started a review of emergency contraceptives to see if they work less well in heavier women.   In November, French drug maker HRA Pharma announced...