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Scientists who created a more deadly strain of bird flu as part of attempts to prevent the virus's spread, halt work amid fears it could be used by terrorists.

Many breast cancers develop in the part of the breast closest to the armpit where antiperspirants and other underarm products are used.

Parents of teens have plenty to keep them up at night, but most don't have to worry that their children are engaging in "sexting," a new study shows.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- A South African pharmaceutical manufacturer is fighting moves here to ban a painkiller that has been removed from the shelves in the U.S. and Europe because of fears it could harm the heart....

Fears of radiation sickness stemming from the unfolding nuclear crisis in Japan prompt a surge in US sales of potassium iodide, a preventative drug.

Afraid that quitting smoking will make you gain weight, wreck your mood, and kill your social life?

It doesn't have to, experts tell WebMD

The NHS in England is facing a £65bn bill for its new stock of hospitals, figures obtained by the BBC indicate.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan dispatched medical teams Monday to the deluged northwest amid fears that cholera could spread after the worst floods in the country's history that have already killed up to 1,200 people, an official said....

There was lots of spicy talk about salt yesterday at the annual Fancy Food show put on by the $63 billion "specialty food" industry.

High rates of the most effective type of malaria-fighting drugs sold in three African countries are poor quality - including nearly half the pills sampled in Senegal - raising fears of increased drug resistance that could wipe out the last weapon left to battle a disease that kills 1 million people each year, according to a U.S. report released Monday....