Calcium supplements, which many people consume hoping to ward off osteoporosis, may increase the risk of heart attack by as much as 30 percent, researchers reported Friday.

Chances are if you knew the amount of bacteria that lives on your cell phone due to the amount of texting, e-mailing and phoning you do, you’d be alarmed.

Having fun with food and sex isn't limited to whipped cream--keep your sex life juicy and ripe with these foods

A nonprofit environmental group has sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, claiming the agency failed to regulate toxic chemicals found in "antimicrobial" soap and other

When breast cancer is caught early, lumpectomy plus radiation is widely considered just as effective as a total mastectomy. There's a new therapy in testing

More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions — especially if they can just press on the chest

Orange County Health Care Agency officials today asked anyone who may have had contact with bats in Newport Beach or Orange to contact them right away, because

A new gel could take the place of painful root canals and tooth fillings, according to Discovery News.

A regular nip can reduce the severity of rheumatoid arthritis, a study reported Wednesday.

A Cherokee County man suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease is leading a push to let people donate vital organs — before they die.

The Board of Supervisors today warned that severe cuts to health care services were likely unless state and federal officials provide needed funds to the

Do you or someone you know skip the sandals because of embarrassing nail fungus? Now, a non-toxic treatment could put an end to those worries. Here's the scoop

The first hand-transplant program on the West Coast was introduced at UCLA, where experts put out a call for people willing to take part in a clinical study of

Researchers from Columbia University released the results of a decade long study in New York that shows exposure to large amounts of air pollution during

The acronym BYOB doesn’t stand for bring your own booze for thousands of excited new moms. That's because new moms around the country who breast feed can look

It was bound to happen – “plus-size” clothes for tots. With the World Health Organization placing worldwide childhood obesity at epidemic numbers with more

A Spanish farmer given the world’s first full facial transplant appeared in public for the first time Monday as he was discharged from the hospital to start a

Southwest Airlines kicked a thin passenger off the airplane to make room for an obese teen, myfoxdfw reported.

Public sex. Risky and wrong? Maybe. Terribly exciting? Absolutely.

Portable baby recliners that are supposed to help fussy babies sleep better are being recalled after the death of an infant.

Relaxing at home can have deadly consequences for women who sit for more than six hours a day during their leisure time, regardless of how much they exercise,

The family of a man who died after falling from operating table is suing a St. Paul hospital.

An undercover investigation by the Government Accountability Office found that four genetic testing companies delivered contradictory predictions based on the

Internal bleeding, recurring sores, asthma and fevers up to 106 degrees – these are just a few of the health issues Reece LoCiero has been facing since he was 10-months-old.

A European study has found that people who eat meat tend to gain more weight over time.

.S. health officials say a fungus usually found in the tropics has taken root in the Pacific Northwest and has been blamed for at least 60 illnesses and 15 deaths.

A Las Vegas man who misrepresented himself as a retired physician convinced more than 100 chronically ill patients to undergo experimental stem cell implant procedures that he

A massive dead jellyfish — which broke into pieces after officials tried to remove it from the water — was responsible for 150 people being stung at a New

Men: Get out the mop and broom. It'll do wonders for your sex life. We promise.

Got cancer? Save your tumor. That's the message one brain tumor patient is advocating after getting a cancer vaccine made from his own tumor.

The percent of Americans abusing prescription pain pills jumped 400 percent in the past decade, making it the fastest-growing drug problem in the nation,

There's a popular belief that if you drop food on the floor and pick it up within five seconds, it's safe to eat, well that's likely "bologna" according to a

A gel made using Gilead Sciences Inc's HIV drug tenofovir reduced HIV infections in women by 39 percent over two and a half years — the first time such an approach has protected

Let's face it, sex before marriage is easy. It's new. It's exciting. It's all you have to worry about. Or at least all most of us choose to worry about. But

Federal health scientists said Friday that follow-up studies of a Roche breast cancer drug show it failed to slow tumor growth or extend patient lives.

Women who wear high heels for long periods of time should not switch to flats, a scientist warned Friday.

The results of a two-year study of a new weight loss drug, published in Thursday’s New England Journal of Medicine, show that lorcaserin aids in weight loss

Pear-shaped women, who have a high hip-to-waist ratio, may be at greater risk of developing dementia in old age than women with rounder, apple-like figures,

Unsolved Mysteries. America’s Most Wanted. Without A Trace. It’s the way many of us guys feel about the female orgasm — it belongs right up there on the

Botox is one of the few cosmetic drugs that works as promised in nearly everyone who tries it, but there are new concerns about the wrinkle-buster. Could Botox

Total Woman Gym has a new workout that helps to shape your abs and burn fat with hoola hoops. Lisa Breckenridge gets a lesson in this Good Day LA video.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney has been fitted with a left ventricular assist device (LVAD), which is a battery-operated, mechanical pump-type device that's

Still struggling with a belief that you are dead? Maybe you can't sleep at night for fear you are missing organs. Alien hand syndrome? Sorry, still no cure.

A Brazilian model living in Houston, Tex. who has the largest breasts in the world, is in the fight for her life, myFOXhouston.com reported Tuesday.

Every summer during the height of the rainy season, villagers of all ages in a corner of southwestern China would suddenly die of cardiac arrest.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. said Monday it is recalling eight production lots of its anti-clotting drug Coumadin because the amount of the active ingredient in the drug could change.

It was a situation I never imagined I’d find myself in, standing naked in the middle of a loft in downtown Los Angeles, an artist painting me with her hands,

An active social life may help patients fight cancer with a new study linking the stress of relationships to reductions in the size of cancerous growths, The

A Cincinnati mother gave birth to twin sons earlier this week, each weighing around 10 pounds, FOX 19 reported.