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Noise is dangerous and excessive noise is potentially deadly, according to a new report on the health effects of noise by the World Health Organization and the European Commission’s Joint Research Center.

About 93% of parents said their children either had or were going to get all of the recommended vaccinations, and more than three-fourths said ...

More than half of U.S. adults age 20 and older take vitamins or other dietary supplements, a new government study shows.

Examining cells from a woman's breast milk may help evaluate future breast health, new research suggests.

You may not appreciate getting pranked with a whoopee cushion or hot sauce in your food on April Fool’s Day, but a good laugh may be just what the doctor ordered. April is National Stress Awareness Month, and a report from the Society for Vascular Surgery shows kicking it off with laughter can be very beneficial for your vascular health.

Exercising or having sex roughly triples a person's risk of heart attack in the hours immediately afterward, especially if the person does those activities infrequently, according to a new analysis in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Given the bind that many prominent American men have thrust themselves into — think Tiger Woods, Mark Sanford, Eliot Spitzer, et al. — it seems it really is possible to have too much of a good thing. And your prostate gland appears to agree.

Saying 'removal of menthol cigarettes from the marketplace would benefit public health' in the U.S., a Food and Drug Administration panel is essentially recommending that the FDA consider banning menthol, used in about 30% of cigarettes.

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama will write a book about the kitchen garden she started at the White House and her efforts to promote healthy eating, the Crown publishing group said on Wednesday.

Keep working, have a sense of purpose—and don’t try to be happy. That’s the upshot of a couple of recent reports on several extensive studies.