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The way obesity is diagnosed needs to become more sophisticated, an international commission has concluded.Using body-mass ...

A popular diabetes drug can provide protection against skin cancers, a new study says.Metformin significantly reduces ...

All women 65 and older should continue to be screened for osteoporosis, the nation’s leading preventive health panel ...

People with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are plagued by unwanted and distressing memories over which they ha ...

A global commission endorsed by 75 medical organizations around the world and published online Jan. 14 in The Lancet ...

Relying on natural and fertility awareness methods to prevent pregnancy might be linked to an increase in abortions, ...

Beginning cigarette smoking before 15 years of age is significantly associated with later chronic obstructive pulmona ...

Lifetime sexual harassment has a pooled rate of 11.4 percent among children, while contact sexual violence has a rate ...