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Breast cancer patients with low levels of vitamin D were much more likely to die of the disease or have it spread than patients getting enough of the nutrient, a study found.

An adult fitness test is being introduced by the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. It will incorporate several of the exercises that millions of students undertake each year as they aim for a certificate signed by the president.

Actor Dennis Quaid told Congress of a harrowing, near-fatal drug mix-up in which his newborn twins were administered 1,000 times the normal dose of a blood thinner.

For the foreseeable future HIV/AIDS will remain an unprecedented economic, social and human challenge for sub-Saharan Africa, the World Bank said, calling the region the epicenter of the disease and announcing a new strategy to fight the epidemic.

For the first time, it appears that more than half of all insured Americans are taking prescription medicines regularly for chronic health problems, a study shows.

Families claiming that a mercury-based preservative in vaccines triggers autism are set to challenge mainstream medicine as they take their case to a federal court.

Seventy-seven more people who were treated at a Las Vegas outpatient clinic have been diagnosed with hepatitis C, health officials said.

Depression, teens and marijuana are a dangerous mix that can lead to dependency, mental illness or suicidal thoughts, according to a White House report.

There’s a grim, rarely talked-about twist to all that medical know-how doctors learn to save lives: It makes them especially good at ending their own.

China announced new rules Wednesday that require health care providers to report all cases of a viral illness that has killed 28 children and sickened thousands in outbreaks across the country.

The Los Angeles Police Department has hired a dietitian to help veterans and recruits alike to slim down. While overweight officers aren’t unique to Los Angeles, the police department believes it’s the first to hire a full-time diet coach.

A study suggests that restaurant smoking bans may play a big role in persuading teens not to become smokers. Youths in towns with strict bans were 40 percent less likely to become regular smokers than those in communities with no bans or weak ones.

More than 200 million children worldwide under age 5 do not get basic health care, leading to nearly 10 million deaths annually from treatable ailments like diarrhea and pneumonia, a U.S.-based charity said Tuesday.

An influential group of physicians has drafted a grimly specific list of recommendations for which patients wouldn’t be treated should a pandemic break out.

Anti-psychotic drug use is rising on both sides of the Atlantic. And with scant long-term safety data, it’s likely the drugs are being over-prescribed for both U.S. and U.K. children, research suggests.