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Actually, these healthy bacteria form the basis of our immune system -- or they did until we took antibiotics.

Today is the third week of our annual USA TODAY Weight-Loss Challenge, and this week we’re profiling Ebony Lugo, 23, of New York City. She has lost almost 50 pounds. She goes to the gym to work out, but at...

Drugstore operator Walgreen will offer free clinic visits to the unemployed and uninsured for the rest of the year, providing tests and routine treatment for minor ailments through its walk-in clinics though patients will still pay for prescriptions.

Playing action video games can boost an aspect of adult vision previously thought to be fixed, a US study shows. Researchers found playing the games improved the ability to notice even very small changes in shades of grey against a uniform background.

People who eat large amounts of red meat and processed meats face a greater risk of premature death from heart disease and cancer, National Cancer Institute research shows. The large study of 545,000 American men and women, ages 50 to...

Michelle Obama is set to plant a vegetable and herb garden in the White House grounds to promote healthy living.

A decade-long study following more than 75,000 men found that prostate cancer screenings led to more diagnoses but did not reduce the number of deaths from the illness.

New research from Germany shows that sitting in traffic triples the risk for having a heart attack.

NEARLY two million children die of diarrhoea each year, even though treating the ailment is relatively simple and "almost miraculous", the World Health Organisation said today.

Mobile devices can pose health risks -- and not in the way you might think.