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New research confirms that mothers of very low-birth-weight babies often have long-term medical issues themselves.

LONDON (AP) -- A bit of creativity never hurts, especially when it comes to solving health problems in developing countries....

Although fears about vaccine safety are common, the new study from the nonprofit Institute of Medicine finds that vaccines cause few health problems.

(National Science Foundation) Brains shrink in humans, potentially causing a number of health problems and mental illnesses as people age, but do they shrink to the same extent in the closest living relatives to humans -- the chimpanzees?

In a new study, Canadian researchers report finding an association between dementia and the combined impact of nineteen other health problems not previously known to influence its occurrence.

The UK's first large-scale study on the impact of weight-loss surgery reports a large reduction in type 2 diabetes and other health problems.

(North Carolina State University) Children of working mothers are significantly more likely to experience health problems, including asthma and accidents, than children of mothers who don't work, according to new research from North Carolina State University.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Parents who say their daughter allegedly suffered serious health problems from a childhood vaccine are trying to persuade the Supreme Court to allow them to sue the manufacturer....

The drug company Pfizer has recalled 191,000 bottles of the statin drug Lipitor due to an unusual odor from those bottles.

In the largest study of its kind, researchers find that the risk of health problems rises significantly in babies born prematurely, even those born in the so-called late preterm period