A multiple sclerosis drug may work double duty. It has been shown in a lab study to prevent and even reverse one of the leading causes of heart attack.

While C section rates are lower among women who deliver away from the hospital, there were significantly higher complications associated with women choosing to birth at home.

T cells are the beat cops of the immune system, and they constantly patrol around the body looking for critters. T cells recognizing and destroying weird cells is also one of the most effective defenses of the body against cancer.

For the last few years, a possible link between suicide and antidepressant drugs in young people has been debated in the medical community.

Caring for a child with spina bifida can be costly from emotional, psychological and financial perspectives. Having surgery before birth relieves at least one of these.

Treating childhood cancers usually requires medications, some of which can be toxic to the heart. So will these drugs cause heart problems later on in life?  Recent research asked just that question.

It is no secret that children need to eat more vegetables.  The government has recommended providing more vegetables in school lunches.  Despite these recommendations, children still aren't getting what they need. 

Good news for pregnant moms carrying a baby with a rare birth defect affecting the urethra: treatment using a small tube called a shunt can reduce serious health risks for your baby.

Now that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have found a way to measure blood levels of trans-fatty acids in the blood, they've discovered some good news.

If you are consistently pessimistic on Facebook, you may be causing some of the online community to dislike you, new research finds.