Death rate from cancer down 20% since 1980, but clusters of high mortality remain

HOUSTON, TX (WCMH) – Houston police are searching for the woman caught on camera abusing an elderly woman. In the video, the 94-year-old woman is sitting in her chair when the caretaker comes into the room.

Meditation may help the body respond to stressful situations, according to a new study that took a rigorous look at how the practice affects people’s physiology when they’re under pressure.

NAIROBI – One of President Trump’s first foreign policy decisions is set to affect some of the world’s poorest people: women seeking health services in places such as sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, where government hospitals are sometimes scarce.

Twin 11-month-old girls who were formerly conjoined have been successfully separated after undergoing a marathon surgery at a suburban New York City children’s hospital.

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) on Monday launched an ad campaign aimed at protecting its image as the drug industry faces a deluge of criticism from President Trump.

Remember Ned Ludd from your grade-school history lessons? He was the Occupy Wall Street agitator of his time — a phantom leader of early 19th-century British textile workers who vindictively smashed spinning jenny power looms to bits in a desperate …

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – There are concerns about popular devices that monitor the vital signs of babies at home, as some local doctors and researchers say they’re unnecessary and potentially dangerous.

Dear Ms. Paltrow, I hate to burst your Goop bubble, but the idea of vaginal weightlifting is nothing new. In fact, we recently covered jade eggs through the lens of a Tantric Yoga program in Thailand that employs the practice under the guidance of …

Raleigh, N.C. – With low funding for tobacco control programs and one of the nation’s lowest cigarette taxes, North Carolina was one of five states that failed all five categories in the American Lung Association’s State of Tobacco Control report that …

She has strutted the runways of New York, Paris and Milan. Posed for the pages of “Vogue.” Represented fashion labels like Chanel and Dior.

Breast-cancer treatments may be effective at treating many tumors, but they come with a price. In the latest study on the side effects of these treatments, published in the journal Cancer, researchers led by Christopher Friese at the University of …

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Tuesday announced new measures aimed at addressing the state’s growing opioid epidemic, including proposals to limit prescriptions for pain medications and increase prison terms for drug dealers convicted of distributing …

PHOENIX – Arizona’s more than 114,000 medical marijuana patients smoked, ate or otherwise consumed more than 29 tons of the drug last year.

Researchers say they are cautiously optimistic about a small study that showed that fecal transplants improved both gastrointestinal and behavioral symptoms in children with autism disorders.

A potential President Donald Trump choice for US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner spoke with Focus on Tuesday. Dr. Joseph Gulfo, the executive director of the Lewis Center for Healthcare Innovation and Technology at Fairleigh Dickinson …

When a documentary’s talking heads use both “tsunami” and “sinkhole” to describe a problem, it gets your attention. And that is precisely the point of “Alzheimer’s: Every Minute Counts,” which PBS broadcasts on Wednesday.

These images show 3-year-old Melyssa Delgado Braga, of Brazil, before and after surgeons in Shreveport removed a rare tumor from her face.

Many students at higher education institutions suffer from mental illness, especially anxiety. Second only to financial constraints, mental health issues cause students to drop out of school.