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In a move toward the next generation of implantable diagnostic devices and smart wearable systems, researchers at Tufts University have successfully integrated conductive threads through multiple layers of tissue to gather diagnostic data wirelessly and in real time.

For asthma patients, living near fracking sites is associated with more symptom flare-ups that require medication and hospital care, a U.S. study suggests.

A mother in Kansas has her hands full after giving birth to her third set of twins in just over two years.

Egypt's doctors union has referred four members to a disciplinary court for taking part in the army's development of a widely mocked device said to cure AIDS and hepatitis C. The military's engineering wing unveiled the device in 2014, saying it could extract the viruses and turn them into "kofta," or ground meat.

Early treatment of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can dramatically reduce the odds of passing the deadly disease on to others, and the protection persists for years, according to final results from a major study that looked at the timing of antiretroviral therapy, or ART.

Drug developer Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics Inc said its experimental cell therapy was found safe and well tolerated in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive neurological disorder, in a mid-stage study.

Two-year-old twins Jenna and Jillian first made headlines after they were pictured holding hands during their birth.

A British teacher’s letter to an autistic student who failed his exams has gone viral after the student’s mother posted the letter on Twitter.

Women who smoke during pregnancy run the risk of having boys with low sperm production in adulthood, an Australian study suggests.

Men who don't get the right amount of sleep may have an increased risk of developing diabetes, a recent study suggests.

Kids who watch a lot of television may build less bone during critical years, and be more vulnerable to osteoporosis and bone breaks later in life as a result, a new study suggests.

The number of suspected yellow fever cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo has jumped 38 percent in the last three weeks, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, as health officials prepare to launch a vaccination campaign next week.

An employee at a suburban Detroit children’s day camp who was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis has died.

The nation is poised to elect one of its oldest presidents, and while age doesn't determine health, it begs the question: How much do we know — and should we know — about how physically fit Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are for the job?

Indonesia on Monday began re-vaccinating nearly 200 children who received fake versions of imported inoculations from a drug-counterfeiting ring broken up last month after operating for more than a decade.

If your sex drive isn’t as strong as it used to be, you can’t focus at work or you’re tired all the time, low testosterone could be to blame.

Unless you've been living under a rock, you know that BPA (or bisphenol A) is pretty sketchy.

To help protect your DNA and reverse genetic aging, avoid or reduce consumption of the phytochemicals that can harm you.

Seventeen weeks pregnant with her fourth child, Katie Hauge and her husband Curtis, both of Havre, Mont., decided to have an elective gender ultrasound to find out the sex of their baby.

Jeanne Mitterando, 46, is a very active family medicine doctor— she hikes, skis and works out with a personal trainer.