Having a healthy weight is a well-known way to help maintain good heart health, but new evidence suggests that, in women, staying slim could cut cancer risk.

If you're worried about heart disease, at least you might be able to skip the fancy screening. Using high-tech diagnostic procedures for heart disease screening may be unnecessary for many patients.

Just because people with low vitamin D levels often have high blood pressure doesn't mean that more vitamin D will fix the problem.

In the search for what causes and signals Alzheimer's disease, scientists have often looked to genes. New evidence, however, points to gender.

Genital herpes and HIV are similar in that both are sexually transmitted viruses — and now it looks as though they might also respond to the same medication.

Disneyland, “The Happiest Place on Earth,” became ground zero for a measles outbreak last December, and some experts say they know the cause.

People trying to live a longer life may need to do more than eat right and exercise — they may also need to make sure they maintain their social lives.

Cancer is a scary diagnosis, but there’s some really good news out there these days — more people are surviving.

If those aching joints are a result of rheumatoid arthritis, it may be a signal to take extra care of your teeth.

This might be music to the ears of aging adults: a procedure to address hearing loss could also help with mental function.