A new study, to be published in the January 20th issue of Journal of the American College of Cardiology, sets out to answer the question of whether newer forms of birth control are safer than the old.

Florida's Silver Alert system has located over two dozen missing senior citizens in three months.

Many people suffer from heartburn and assume that it is a normal symptom, but sometimes it can be the sign of a more serious condition.

According to the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report released on November 14, the number of deaths attributed to COPD is rising

French researchers, who have been studying the effect of DEET on rodents, have voiced concerns regarding the potential for neurotoxic effects on humans using DEET.

A new clinical trial of a vaccine called Lucanix shows promising results in prolonging life for people diagnosed with one of the most common types of lung cancer.

Mesothelioma, a form of cancer almost exclusively caused by exposure to asbestos, and not linked to smoking, is often deadly.