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The drugs, mainly for men with late-stage prostate cancer, can extend lives for additional months, but some cost more than $90,000 for a course of treatment.

A new drug combination can help patients with pancreatic cancer live months longer than on standard therapy.

About 93% of parents said their children either had or were going to get all of the recommended vaccinations, and more than three-fourths said ...

Bringing home the bacon might not be such a great idea, according to stricter new dietary advice from the British government issued Friday.

When minor medical issues crop up (nosebleeds, insect stings, dandruff!), chances are your medicine cabinet already contains some effective—and surprising—fixes for what ails you.

A study of more than 300 children, ages 4-10, in a medical journal finds that as shut-eye drops, BMI goes up.

Shave and a haircut ... and a blood pressure check. Stylists in African-American communities can educate on medical info, study finds.

A ninth baby has died in California from whooping cough, health officials said Thursday.

Bacteria that are able to survive every modern antibiotic are now cropping up in many U.S. hospitals and are spreading outside the USA.

Women who have gene mutations that increase the risk of breast and ovarian cancer can substantially reduce their chances of developing -- and dying from -- those cancers if they have their breasts or ovaries removed preemptively, according to a new study.