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Every year, about 735,000 Americans have a heart attack and 610,000 people die of heart disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The number of older adults taking at least three prescriptions for psychotropic drugs - which includes opioids, antidepressants, antipsychotics and tranquilizers - has roughly doubled over the past decade, a recent U.S. study suggests.

Our planet racks up an estimate $6 billion a year in spending on urinary tract infections, according to the American Urological Association.

Women aren't the only ones who may feel depressed when welcoming a newborn: a new study from New Zealand says some men also experience depression during and after their female partners' pregnancies.

Officials in Washington, D.C.'s public health laboratory had to repeat Zika tests for nearly 300 pregnant women, including two women who were mistakenly told they tested negative for the mosquito-borne virus that has been shown to cause birth defects.

Promising new research may make it possible to detect autism in babies before symptoms appear.

Is it a cold, or something else? It’s easy to diagnose yourself with a cold when you’re feeling unwell.

With a 1-and-half-year-old son at home and another baby on the way, Amy Ruggiero, 42, recalled the time of her second pregnancy as “torture.”

SPOILER ALERT: They’re not a requirement.

A former employee of Tiffany & Co. says the jewelry maker pushed her out after she had her breasts and ovaries removed to avoid getting cancer.

Britax is recalling more than 700,000 mounting components for a car seat-to-stroller conversion because it can unexpectedly disengage.

Women with weaker thigh muscles may be more likely to develop knee osteoarthritis, a recent study suggests.

When research began to trickle out 10 years ago suggesting that what we do today can affect the health of our unborn children, it was largely "considered heretical," medical biochemistry professor Dr. Oliver Rando tells the Boston Herald.

The benefits of weight loss may extend beyond achieving a more attractive waistline.

A California woman whose dreams of parenthood were temporarily shattered by a cancer diagnosis is now the proud mother of newborn twins, thanks to her older sister who volunteered as a surrogate.

With every autism article I consider there to be one caveat that greatly diminishes all of the incredible work the researchers are doing.

Guys, if you've ever wished you could look into a crystal ball and see if hair plugs are in your future, scientists have good news.

Although couples may see their sex activity spike in the winter due to more time spent indoors, dipping temperatures may also impact arousal itself, a spa in the United Kingdom claims.

Exercise on its own — without also following a healthy diet — isn't enough to help people lose or even just maintain their weight, a recent study suggests.

A woman in Spain who suddenly became very religious and believed she was speaking with the Virgin Mary turned out to have a brain tumor that appears to have caused her symptoms, according to a new report of the case.