J.C. Penney delivered some encouraging news: It reported a solid rise in sales at established stores Friday, reversing four straight quarters of declines. It also posted a smaller-than-expected loss...

When a woman finds a lump in her breast, her doctor's first move is usually to recommend a biopsy - that is, to remove a small portion of the lump for analysis. If the lump is cancerous, doctors test...

Designer Christopher Bailey, who was replaced as Burberry chief executive earlier this year, will leave the British brand in 2018, ending a 17-year stint in which he helped transform a company once...

A Chinese modeling agency that hired a 14-year-old Russian girl is denying media reports that a "slave contract" contributed to the teen's sudden death. The exact circumstances of Vlada Dzyuba's...

Once upon a time, the world suffered. In 1987, 20 million people across the world were plagued by a debilitating, painful and potentially blinding disease called river blindness. This parasitic...

Lord & Taylor's flagship store in Manhattan, known for its holiday displays along Fifth Avenue, is being sold to the office space sharing company WeWork. The nearly 100-year-old building will...

Prevention is the mantra of modern medicine and public health. Benjamin Franklin said it himself: "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Unfortunately, childhood adversities such as...

The Association of Speech-Language Pathologists, the Malta Association of Physiotherapists, the Association of Podiatrists of Malta and the Malta Association of Occupational Therapists acknowledge and...

For most of the common cancers, a major cause has been identified: smoking causes 90% of lung cancer worldwide, hepatitis viruses cause most liver cancer, H pylori bacteria causes stomach cancer,...

Stores watching Amazon take a larger share of clothing sales are trying to solve one of the most vexing issues for online shoppers: Finding items that fit properly. The retailers are unleashing...