Using data from two long-term studies of women and men, researchers found a potential link between citrus consumption and cutaneous malignant melanoma. But the study did not test whether citrus fruits were the cause of the skin cancers.
Health
You don’t have to be a politician to dine at the White House. Just ask 9-year-old Jack Newkirk. This Henderson boy won a reserved seat July 10 representing Nevada in the first lady’s Healthy Lunchtime Challenge.
The California House passed a proposal that would outlaw a family’s personal and religious beliefs as reasons to exempt their children from school vaccinations.
The makers of Wish-Bone Ranch Salad dressing are recalling thousands of bottles of the popular product because they contain blue cheese dressing instead.
The Supreme Court held in a 6-3 decision that the Affordable Care Act authorized federal tax credits for eligible Americans living not only in states with their own exchanges but also in the 34 states with federal exchanges.
The so-called “S.T.EYE” condom is a conceptual design that changes color when it comes into contact with a sexually-transmitted infection such as chlamydia or syphilis.
A teenager in rural northern Colorado has died from a rare form of plague that he may have contracted from fleas on a dead rodent or other animal, health officials have said.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday made good on its proposal to effectively ban artificial trans fats from a wide range of foods, from microwave popcorn to frozen pizza, saying they raise the risk of heart disease.
Getting enough sleep is essential for maintaining health and quality of life, and not getting enough is dangerous to individuals and public safety, according to the American Thoracic Society.
Soda drinkers in San Francisco, consider yourselves warned. The city is on its way to becoming the first in the nation to pass a law requiring health warnings on all advertisements for sugary drinks, putting soda in the same category as alcohol and tobacco.
A team of doctors were able to save a pregnant woman and her baby with a new procedure, and on Monday the new mom had a chance to thank those doctors.
St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, has suspended elective pediatric heart surgeries after a CNN investigation calculated that the program had a mortality rate for open heart surgeries three times higher than the national average.
A man who suffered from a rare form of cancer has received a first-of-its-kind surgery, doctors in Texas said.
The California Senate voted on Tuesday to raise the legal smoking age in the most populous U.S. state to 21 from 18, in a move that could make California one of the states with the highest smoking age.
Nicholas Hegedus, a student at Schofield Middle School, on Monday learned the details of how he will be granted his biggest wish: meeting President Obama.
Dental implants can have a huge impact – for Glenn and Debbie, they were a dream come true. Glenn was like so many people suffering through nagging discomfort and continual issues with their teeth. After years of suffering and no clear path to relief, Glenn finally met someone else with the same issues and found […]