Nursing home patients may be frail or have other diseases, leading some doctors to advise hormone therapy rather than operations.

I went to Kigali in Rwanda to report on the type of heart disease afflicting Chance and millions of other young people. I was supposed to be a fly on the wall. Before I knew it, I was trying to help.

An Ohio boy isn’t expected to live until Christmas, so his neighbors decorated their homes, sent holiday cards and planned a parade with Santa for him.

Dr. H. Gilbert Welch was seen as an authority on the risks of aggressive screening for breast cancer and over-diagnosis. He disputed the charges.

And there will be 18.1 million new diagnoses

The debacle at the U.S. Open was a microcosm, in so many ways, of what women face at work daily.

Taking a ride on certain types of rollercoasters can successfully remove kidney stones, new research has found.

Drink more fluids, consume less sodium and eat a diet that includes calcium-rich foods.

Dr. José Baselga, the cancer center’s chief medical officer, stepped down days after a report that he had not reported millions of dollars as potential conflicts in dozens of research articles.