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Younger chief executives with high testosterone levels may be more likely to try a hostile takeover -- and to get burned in the attempt

Children aged four and under who get less than 10 hours of sleep a night are nearly twice as likely to be overweight or obese five years later, according to a U.S. study.

A federal jury in New Hampshire has awarded $21 million to a woman blinded and scarred by a prescription drug she took for shoulder pain.

Daily tablets of large doses of B vitamins can halve the rate of brain shrinkage in elderly people with memory problems and may slow their progression toward dementia

Awareness of the potential damage from concussions apparently is on the uptick. A study on organized youth sports published in Pediatrics magazine this month found that emergency room visits for concussions for 8- to 13-year-olds doubled from 1997 to 2007. For 14- to 18-year-olds, they tripled. Still, experts believe far more concussions are never reported.

Flu vaccination should be required for all doctors, nurses and other health workers, the nation's largest pediatricians' group says, calling it a long overdue step to protect patients.

A group of high school students in Tasmania may have been exposed to several blood borne viruses after a teacher decided to use the same needle while taking blood samples.

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A splint may work just as well as a cast in helping children with non-severe wrist fractures heal

CVS Caremark Corp. said Wednesday it will give away up to $5 million in seasonal flu vaccinations to people without health insurance.

The peanut industry executive whose filthy processing plants were blamed in a salmonella outbreak two years ago that killed nine people and sickened hundreds more is back in the business.

A Texas woman who had just given birth to her third child has lost all of her limbs after a severe infection caused her major organs to fail

Federal health regulators have issued warnings to the makers of Canada Dry ginger ale and Lipton tea for making unsubstantiated nutritional claims about their green tea-flavored beverages

The world's tiniest teen took a bite out of the Big Apple Tuesday, topping off his whirlwind tour of the city by sharing a tender moment with a fair-haired New York Post reporter more than three times his height.

Long-term weight loss may release into the blood industrial pollutants linked to illnesses like diabetes, hypertension and rheumatoid arthritis

The eight infants who died in California's current whooping cough epidemic were not diagnosed with the contagious disease despite repeated visits to hospitals and clinics, according to state health officials.

The health benefits of milk - which has carbohydrates, electrolytes, calcium and vitamin D - have long been established. But for athletes, milk also contains the two proteins best for rebuilding muscles: casein and whey.

A new study of children undergoing radiology treatment at one U.S. hospital points to what seems to be a little-recognized form of deliberate self-injury where kids embed objects ranging from glass to needles to wood under their own skin.

Just had a dental filling? You might be chewing on bisphenol A (BPA), a common plastics ingredient that could have harmful effects on your health.

There are so many medications out there to treat acid reflux, but how do you know which one is right for your condition? We talked to a specialist to find out.