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Death rates from breast cancer in Britain have dropped by a third in a generation, a pan-European study shows.

Experts who studied almost 13,000 cell phone users over 10 years, hoping to find out whether the mobile devices cause brain tumors, said on Sunday their research gave no clear answer.

Pittsburgh cancer crusader Charissa Hamilton-Gribenas faces the disease head-on with a candid and helpful resource for an oft-neglected demographic.

Pregnant women could -- and probably should -- consume 10 times more vitamin D than experts currently recommend, according to a new study.

Dr. Neena Abraham discusses the hazards of taking a baby aspirin a day.

Appendectomies are the most common emergency general surgical procedure in the USA, but a new study suggests many are unneeded.

The U.S. spent an average of $7,681 per person on health care in 2008, for an eye-popping total of $2.3 trillion even though ...

Women in their 40s should not get routine mammograms for early detection of breast cancer, according to updated guidelines set forth by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

People looking for natural cures will be happy to know there is one. Two words explain how it works: "I believe."

The damaged skull of a man involved in a car crash 50 years ago has regenerated itself, a process thought to be rare.