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All teens and adults aged 15 to 65 should be tested for HIV, regardless of their risks of contracting the virus.

One of the sad realities about Alzheimer's disease is that there's no way of preventing it – at least not yet. We know some people are genetically or biologically at greater risk than others, but researchers want to find out how we can fight it off, or a

Home blood pressure monitors may be useful to some older adults who've suffered a stroke, but little help to others, a new study suggests.

Preteen girls' reading skills can strongly predict whether they'll get pregnant when they're teens, a new study suggests.

Daylight Saving Time ends on Sunday, November 4th, 2012. As you prepare to set your clocks back one hour, remember to change the batteries in your carbon monoxide (CO) detector.

Energy drinks do not always divulge how much caffeine they contain, and when an amount is listed on a label, it is not always accurate, Consumer Reports magazine has found.

Despite sweeping reform of food safety laws intended to make what we eat less dangerous, the number of Americans falling ill or dying from contaminated food has increased 44% since last year, according to a report released Wednesday.

New research presented at the Neuroscience 2012 conference suggests that sleep deprivation might be worse for you than you think.

(Reuters Health) - Younger people with advanced lung cancer who quit smoking more than a year before their diagnosis survive longer than those who continue smoking, according to a new study.

A study of nearly 190,000 young women injected with Merck & Co's human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil found no new safety concerns.