The National Institutes of Health plans to end most use of chimpanzees in U.S. government medical research, saying humans' closest relatives "deserve special...

Not only has America's high level of C-sections finally stopped rising, but more of the operations are taking place closer to the mother's due date, a new government report...

Doctors are reporting a major step toward an "artificial pancreas," a device that would constantly monitor blood sugar in people with diabetes and automatically supply insulin as...

In the first major global review of violence against women, a series of reports released Thursday found that about a third of women have been physically or sexually assaulted by a former or current...

The morning-after pill is finally going over-the-counter.   The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved unrestricted sales of Plan B One-Step, lifting all age limits on the...

A mysterious new respiratory virus that originated in the Middle East spreads easily between people and appears more deadly than SARS, doctors reported Wednesday after investigating the biggest...

Doctors should consider giving a daily AIDS drug to another high risk group to help prevent infections — people who shoot heroin, methamphetamines or other injection drugs, U.S. health officials...

Persona Med-Aesthetic Centre in collaboration with leading cosmeceutical skincare brand SkinCeuticals is raising awareness about skin cancer prevention. As part of this initiative, Persona is...

Britain will start regulating electronic cigarettes and other products containing nicotine as medicines, according to the country's top regulator.   E-cigarettes are battery-operated...

New research from sunny Australia provides some of the strongest evidence to date that near-daily sunscreen use can slow the aging of skin.   Ultraviolet rays that spur wrinkles and other...