Eyeball your food a little longer if you're looking to shed some pounds, because wolfing it down too fast may make you prone to overeat, a new study shows. So savor those aromas, relish the meal's presentation, and don't just dig in like you've got to...

The high percentage of preterm babies is the main cause of the high infant mortality rate in the U.S., the CDC says in a new report. The U.S. “does a good job of saving babies when they are born preterm,” Marian F. MacDorman, PhD, of the CDC’s...

Diet soda may help keep your calories in check, but drinking two or more diet sodas a day may double your risk of declining kidney function, a new study shows. Women who drank two or more diet sodas a day had a 30% drop in a measure of kidney function...

A new survey shows only about one in four pregnant women and mothers of young children plan to get the H1N1 flu vaccine this year, despite recommendations from public health groups urging them to do so.

Adults with shingles are at increased risk for stroke, especially if they have shingles that affects the eyes, a study shows. The study is not the first to show an elevated stroke risk associated with shingles, but it is the first to quantify the...

Bone-building drugs taken by millions of women to prevent fractures and osteoporosis may also protect them against breast cancer, studies show.

H1N1 swine flu killed 10,000 Americans, sent 213,000 to the hospital, and sickened 50 million -- 1/6 of the population -- by mid-November, the CDC estimates.

Gulping down coffee won't sober you up if you're drunk, but it may make you awake enough to be dangerous, new research suggests.

Drinking alcohol may increase the risk of breast cancer recurrence, a study shows.

A gentler form of blood stem-cell transplant can reverse severe sickle-cell disease in adults lucky enough to find a matched donor, a breakthrough clinical study shows.