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The obesity rate among adults in the United States is now at 37 percent, a 12 percent increase from 2000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

After drinking a half a pint of vodka every day since he was 35, a 50-year-old man in Pennsylvania went to the emergency room vomiting blood.

Pittsburgh's flush and boil water advisory has been lifted, Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority said Thursday.

It looks like we may have to start calling it "tree person syndrome."

A Utah midwife convicted in the death of a premature twin baby marks a rare criminal case that comes as out-of-hospital births grow in popularity in the U.S. and more states move to license midwives.

A Linfield College student who claims he lost his eye in a hazing incident has filed an $8.3 million lawsuit against his school and the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.

President Trump takes a prostate drug marketed to promote hair growth, the 70-year-old billionaire’s longtime physician revealed in a series of wide-ranging interviews published Wednesday by The New York Times.

Bookmakers have long factored home-field advantage into a baseball team's odds of winning, but a new study suggests that jet lag could wipe it out.

Quendel Williams dreams of becoming a osteopathic physician.

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The creator of the alkaline diet—a favorite of celebrities like Kate Hudson and Jennifer Aniston—is in the news again, and not in a good way.

A Baltimore community is mourning the sudden death of a 17-year-old star athlete who reportedly went into cardiac arrest after battling the flu.

An Ohio man who has been documenting his mother’s Lewy body dementia diagnosis has shared footage from what he is calling “the worst day of my life.”

A Pennsylvania couple is facing charges over their two-year-old daughter’s November death after authorities said they indicated that they do not believe in medications or doctors for religious regions.

The Muzaffarpur area produces 70 percent of India's lychee fruit.

A mom has shared moving photos of the 16 days she spent with her newborn after she passed away.

Scientists have developed a brain-computer interface that reads the brain's blood oxygen levels and enables communication by deciphering the thoughts of patients who are totally paralyzed and unable to talk.

An Oregon woman’s post about how her pet snake’s curiosity landed her in the emergency room has quickly gained steam on social media.

Older people who engage in mentally stimulating activities later in life may have a lower risk of developing mild cognitive impairment than their peers who don't challenge their minds, a study suggests.

Planning meals and snacks in advance and eating breakfast every day may help lower the risk of cardiovascular disease, new guidelines from U.S. doctors say.