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Rhode Island health officials have ordered Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket to stop admitting new patients, serving emergency patients and performing surgery.

For the first time ever, Viagra will be available over the counter and without a prescription.

Being married, or ever having been married, comes with a much lower risk of developing dementia compared to being a lifelong bachelor or bachelorette, a new analysis of previous studies suggests.

The number of people newly diagnosed with HIV in Europe reached its highest level in 2016, showing the epidemic growing at an ‘alarming pace,’ global health officials said Tuesday.

Emergency room doctors at a University of Miami hospital faced a vexing ethical dilemma when paramedics wheeled in an unconscious man with a “Do Not Resuscitate” chest tattoo.

University of Miami doctors faced a vexing ethical dilemma when paramedics wheeled an unconscious elderly man with a “Do Not Resuscitate” chest tattoo into emergency room, according to a case study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

A Massachusetts university has declared a meningitis outbreak after two students tested positive for the bacterial illness.

Many bodybuilding products sold online are mislabeled and contain unapproved drugs and other ingredients that may not be safe, a new study suggests.

One of the largest U.S. patient assistance charities may close after the federal government revoked its authorization, citing findings that the group, mainly funded by pharmaceutical companies, enabled drugmakers to influence prescriptions.

Nearly three in five children in the U.S. today are destined to be obese when they reach their 35th birthday, according to a new projection.

A Pennsylvania man and his wife have filed a lawsuit against an amusement park over claims that he contracted an eye-eating parasite after going on one of the water rides.

From hospital mix-ups to cases that left doctors baffled, 2017 had it's fair share of wacky medical drama.

From hospital mix-ups to cases that left doctors baffled, 2017 had it's fair share of wacky medical drama.

The man who inspired the “ALS Ice Bucket Challenge” died on Saturday after a 14-year long battle with the disease.

Delays in the time between becoming infected with HIV and getting a diagnosis are shortening, helped by efforts to increase testing for the virus that causes AIDS, U.S. health officials said.

The Utah Department of Health is grappling with a growing hepatitis A outbreak that has reached 95 cases, with over 60 percent of patients requiring hospitalization.

Store-bought bone treats may be a dog’s favorite snack, but they could make pets seriously ill and even result in death, the Food and Drug Administration has warned.

A photo of a California woman breastfeeding her child at Disneyland has gone viral and received some support but also some negative reactions.

A New Hampshire judge has denied an 84-year-old doctor's request to regain her license to practice, which she had surrendered partly over her inability to use a computer.

As the staggering toll—in terms of bodies, emotions, money, and our life expectancy—of the opioid epidemic comes into sharper focus, the idea of those who are most at risk is crystallizing, too, thanks to research out of Columbia University Medical Center.