Health

Teens are coming down with serious breathing problems after vaping. It's a mystery why.

Many of the world's oldest people are probably less old than we thought.

A diarrhea-causing bacterium is evolving into a new species that thrives on sugar-rich Western diets and readily spreads in hospitals.

The physician, Dr. David Fajgenbaum, had a rare disease known as Castleman disease.

A U.K. man's dentures fell down his throat during surgery and were stuck there for more than a week before they were discovered.

The relationship between arm movements and gaits could help explain how arm proportions evolved in the human family tree.

The man developed serious burns after his vape pen exploded in his pocket.

Ever since Gwyneth Paltrow endorsed vaginal steaming, doctors have warned that the practice isn't without risks.

A medical procedure that has been used to freeze a woman's ovaries is being offered for the first time as a way to delay menopause.

Caffeine may really be a trigger for migraines, but only if you consume a lot of it, a new study suggests.

Half a dozen cancer patients in New York developed a rare infection after they received injectable opioids that a nurse had diluted with tap water, according to a new report.

The thinnest gold in the world will, sadly, not be adorning your fingers anytime soon.

A little lick from a puppy may have led to a life-threatening infection for one woman in Ohio, who ended up needing her hands and legs amputated.

President Trump called for better identification of people with mental illness as a way to stop gun violence and mass shootings. But what would that do?

We all have that friend who "knows everything."

The digestive power of this amoeba is the stuff of nightmares when it plays out in a human brain.