Women with heart failure may be more likely than men to die or be hospitalized, according to a new Canadian study.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new device to guide lymph node biopsies in patients with breast cancer.

By the end of this year, Essure, a permanent birth control device approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2002, will no longer be produced and sold in the United States.

You might be tempted to spend your summer vacation days enjoying fresh seafood at beachside restaurants. But recent outbreaks of bacteria known as Vibrio may make you reconsider that temptation.

Mothers who maintain a healthy lifestyle during their kids' childhood and adolescence may reduce the risk of obesity in their children, according to a new study.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new medication to prevent malaria from coming back.

BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations increase breast cancer risk. So how do you know if you have these gene mutations?

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first-ever medication to treat smallpox.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a class-wide warning for a group of antibiotics commonly used to treat urinary tract and respiratory infections.

If you are spending time outdoors this summer, you may come into contact with poison ivy, poison oak or poison sumac. Here's what you need to know.