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Shares of Depomed slid Friday after a panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration overwhelmingly voted against its drug to treat hot flashes and other symptoms of menopause.

By Rachael Rettner, MyHealthNewsDaily People who exercise, even lightly, report sleeping better than individuals who don't exercise, according to results from a new poll.

The death of a 14-year-old girl who has become the poster child for banning caffeine-fueled energy drinks can't be blamed on the beverages, lawyers for the Monster Beverage Corp. said Monday.

A California 911 dispatcher begs a nurse at an independent living facility to perform CPR on an elderly woman who collapsed, fell unconscious and was barely breathing. The call and the response are raising questions over policies at some senior facilities.

States with large and diverse immigrant populations are struggling to translate health reform's changes to their citizens.

The woman who claimed she won a $5,000 contest on a baby-name website to have an online vote determine her baby’s name is actually an actress, hired by the website’s founder to drum up publicity, the actress and website founder confessed.

A baby born infected with the AIDS virus who got immediate treatment now has no detectable virus in her blood – not quite a cure, but so close to one that it has doctors talking.

An elderly woman being cared for at a California retirement facility died following the refusal of a nurse at the facility to perform CPR on the woman after she collapsed, authorities said.

One college student chronicled her unplanned pregnancy, delivery and decision to give her baby up for adoption in heartbreaking detail, giving an articulate voice to someone we don’t often hear from in the adoption process: the birth mother.

An Indiana firm that recalled its Zachary Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Eggs less than a month before Easter over fears of salmonella contamination now says that a test was wrong and the candy is fine.

University of Colorado tight end Nick Kasa is trying to get drafted so he can play for an NFL team. But does he “like girls?" It is surely nobody’s business but his own, writes bioethicist Arthur Caplan.

Pregnancy may increase a woman's foot size, a change that appears to be permanent, according to a new study. Researchers measured the arch height and foot length of 49 women during their pregnancy and five months after they had given birth.

My father, sister and I sat in the near-empty Chinese restaurant, picking at our plates, unable to avoid the question that we'd gathered to discuss: When was it time to let Mom die?

Children exposed to the chemical bisphenol A, or BPA, may be at an increased risk for asthma, a new study suggests.

Staff reviewers for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said that a potential increased risk of cancer with drugs containing calcitonin salmon appears plausible.

Didn't manage to finish your latest run without taking a breather? Don't be so hard on yourself. Walking during your run isn't cheating – it's actually your body's natural way of preserving energy.

A 27-year-old mom who agreed to let the Internet choose her unborn baby’s name as part of an online contest for $5,000 doesn’t know what all the fuss is about.

Zachary Confections Inc. of Frankfort, Ind., has recalled certain lots of its Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Eggs and suspended further production because the treats may be contaminated with salmonella.

Four people charged in connection with a 2009 salmonella outbreak in peanuts that killed nine and sickened hundreds pleaded not guilty Thursday to all charges.