Fifteen people have now died after consuming cantaloupe contaminated with the listeria monocytogenes bacteria, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.

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William Beach was one of those people who fixated on certain foods. He would eat the same thing voraciously for a few days, and then, when he tired of the same tastes, he moved onto something else.

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Justin Boyles' pinky promise to his daughter Autumn inspired a 65-pound weight loss -- and he's not done yet.

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Challenging gender norms can be incredibly controversial, as seen in the response to a story about transgender children.

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Joseph Maraachli, the infant who became the center of an international end-of-life debate, died peacefully in his sleep at his Windsor, Ontario, home, a spokesperson for the family said Wednesday.

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Many more Americans may be at risk of having a stroke than previously thought.

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Officials are expanding efforts to ensure no additional bacteria-tainted cantaloupes get to consumers in this major food borne illness outbreak.

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Thirteen people have now died in what has become the deadliest outbreak of a food-borne illness since 1998.

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A clinical trial is being conducted at Emory University where doctors are injecting neural stem cells into the lower spinal cord of 12 ALS patients.

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A new study suggests that teenagers with a new boyfriend or girlfriend tend to be more influenced by the drinking habits of their romantic partner's friends than they are by the partners themselves.

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An outbreak of illness linked to consumption of tainted cantaloupes has been linked to 13 deaths and 72 illnesses in 18 states, a federal disease agency reported Wednesday.

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The millions of middle-aged men who take saw-palmetto supplements to cope with the symptoms of an enlarged prostate might as well be popping sugar pills.

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A mother who had never set her eyes on her baby, a poor villager who hadn't worked for years, an old man who had never seen his pension money -- these are just some of the thousands of blind Namibians whose lives have genuinely been transformed by the treatment of a woman who they call their "miracle doctor."

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Transgender children consistently experience a disconnect between their sex, which is anatomy, and their gender, which is socially constructed and includes behaviors, roles and activities.

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A few cups of coffee a day may help keep the blues at bay. According to a large new study, women who drink caffeinated coffee are less likely to become depressed -- and the more they drink, the more their risk of depression goes down.

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Women age 65 and older who fracture a hip are much more likely to die from any cause during the following year than they would be if they had avoided injury, a new study suggests.

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With no way to counter toxic jellyfish that brought intense pain and partial paralysis during an attempted 103-mile ocean crossing from Cuba to Florida, endurance swimmer Diana Nyad said Monday that she will not make another attempt at the feat.

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When your toddler is hurt and screaming and emotions are bubbling over, it can be hard to tell if a situation is a true emergency.

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Should endurance swimmer Diana Nyad decide to return to the water in her attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida, she may still qualify for the record books.

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a Class I recall for 40,000 pounds of ground beef products intended for Georgia school lunches, due to possible E. coli contamination.

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a Class I recall for 40,000 pounds of ground beef products intended for Georgia school lunches, due to possible E. coli contamination.

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a Class I recall for 40,000 pounds of ground beef products intended for Georgia school lunches, due to possible E. coli contamination.

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Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad is continuing her third bid to swim from Cuba to Florida despite an encounter with a Portuguese man-of-war only a couple of hours into the attempt.

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Forty-three soldiers suffered heat-related illnesses Friday during a 12-mile road march at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, an Army spokesman said.

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Wanda Sykes being outrageous -- that's expected. But for the actress-comedian to be serious? That's rare. Even when the issue is personal.

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The star of "Ringer" talks about her healthy food obsession, why she naps during lunch, and her "weekends off" rule.

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It started out life as a new video game concept but quickly morphed into a prototype with a far more practical vision -- a haptic device to help the blind and visually impaired.

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There's great potential in the field of regenerative medicine, but doctors caution against seeking experimental treatments.

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Chlorine has been linked to asthma, cancer and testicular damage. As competitive swimmers head back indoors, researchers are trying to determine the chemical's full effects.

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Rock that body, Kirstie!

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With rising poverty, Medicaid must be there to pick up the slack, particularly for children, says health service researcher Aaron Carroll.

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Authorities ordered immediate culling of poultry in eastern India after samples tested positive for bird flu.

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Christian Lander: World's biggest sperm bank has lots of sperm from red-haired donors, but less demand. Why don't people see benefit of having red-haired boys?

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An outbreak of polio has been confirmed in China for the first time since 1999, leaving one person dead and hospitalizing another nine, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

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People with depression are more likely to have a stroke than their mentally healthy peers, and their strokes are more likely to be fatal, according to a new analysis published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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Diabetes appears to dramatically increase a person's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease or other types of dementia later in life, according to a new study conducted in Japan.

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To decrease deaths from noninfectious diseases, countries should pass excise taxes on tobacco and alcohol, encourage smoke-free public places, reduce salt and trans fat in foods, and increase awareness of diet and physical activity, according to a World Health Organization report.

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An Alabama pharmaceutical company issued a voluntary, nationwide recall Friday for "multiple lots" of birth control pills due to what it described as a systemic "packaging error."

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Joseph Bocchini says parents should heed reliable information, not politics: Research shows HPV vaccination is potentially life-saving and side effects are rare.

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Nurses are handling bigger caseloads, experts say, while students' medical needs are becoming more complex.

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State laws that place restrictions on teenage drivers and require them to "graduate" from an intermediate license to a full license do seem to prevent fatal crashes involving teens, but only among the youngest drivers.

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Intrauterine devices (IUDs) prevent unwanted pregnancies, and as an added benefit they may also help protect against cervical cancer, according to a new study in the Lancet Oncology, a British medical journal.

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Retired Florida State football coach Bobby Bowden revealed Tuesday that he was secretly treated for prostate cancer in 2007 while he was still coaching.

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Family doctors and other primary care physicians are often the first health professionals to learn that a patient is depressed, but that doesn't mean they identify all of the depression cases that walk through their offices.

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Advanced math and science aren't usually a part of a big Hollywood thriller, particularly one with "Contagion's" cast. But this film has it all.

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Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation has announced for the second time in less than six weeks a voluntary recall of ground turkey products after tests found they were contaminated with a strain of salmonella bacteria that can prove fatal.

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Middle-aged men who take steps to improve their heart health by eating better, getting more exercise, or taking cholesterol-lowering drugs may end up improving their sex lives as well, according to a new analysis of existing research.

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"My memory is a jigsaw puzzle and it's just been dumped out of the box," Phil Kreitner says.

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Brace yourself for yet more stark economic news: babies may be suffering from more diaper rash in this down economy, reports Advertising Age, which is labeling "America's baby bottoms" as the "economy's latest casualty."

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Voters in Mississippi will be given a chance to decide whether life begins at conception, a controversial abortion-related ballot initiative that the state's highest court has refused to block.

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Experts have honed in on the exact moments when you're most vulnerable to weight gain.

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A federal appeals court in Richmond, Virginia, has overturned a lower court's ruling that found unconstitutional a key provision of the health care law championed by President Barack Obama.

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One of the first people profiled in Empowered Patient, Marci Smith beat cancer not just in the length of the time she survived, but in how she lived these last 4½ years.

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Overweight and obese adults who followed the Weight Watchers program lost more than twice as much weight as those who received weight-loss advice from a doctor or nurse, according to a new yearlong study funded by the company.

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Middle-aged women who drink alcohol in moderation have a better chance than nondrinkers of staying healthy as they age, a new study suggests.

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Every year, sneeze sufferers swear: "This is the worst allergy season ever." And they're right.

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If your office colleagues keep commenting on your dead-eyed stare and your neck feels like it's set in concrete then the chances are you might be spending too much time in front of your computer screen.

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Would you be willing to change one aspect of your life -- such as eating healthier or exercising more -- if you knew it would reduce your likelihood of developing diabetes? Would you make two, three or five lifestyle changes to bring down those chances even more?

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Firefighters exposed to toxic dust and fumes clogging the air after the World Trade Center towers collapsed 10 years ago are more likely to develop cancer, according to a new study.

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After playing just one match, Venus Williams announced Wednesday that she is withdrawing from the U.S. Open.

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As children head back to school, epidemiologists are encouraging parents to be more aware of the drug-resistant strain of staph known as MRSA, and how to protect their kids.

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Jared Gabay is like many other college students. When he has a big test coming up, he turns to what's called a "study drug" for a little extra boost.

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People who have trouble sleeping rarely see their problem as an illness that requires treatment, or as an acceptable reason to call in sick. That mind-set may be hurting employers and employees alike by compelling people with insomnia to drag themselves to work and sleepwalk through the day, a new study suggests.

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Makers of silicone breast implants have not followed up on thousands of women who received them as required by the Food and Drug Administration as a condition of approval, agency advisers said Wednesday.

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