A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts.

For the second time this week, new guidelines on womens preventative health-care services have created a firestorm of controversy, as many question whether these are the first steps towards health-care rationing in the U.S.

The weaker of two conjoined twins separated in a landmark surgery in Australia has woken up from a coma and blown a raspberry at her guardian.

A man from the Bronx is suing New York City after emergency workers tossed his ear, which was ripped off by his son's bull terrier, in the trash, the New York Daily News reported.

Authorities say a severely overweight South Carolina man stayed in his recliner without moving for eight months until shortly before his death.

Chaz Bono says beginning the sex-change process to turn him from a woman to a man is "the best decision I've ever made."

Low-carb and high-carb diets work equally well for maintaining weight loss, Australian researchers report.

The popular characters from AMC's "Mad Men" offer tips to picking up women

When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be "messy." They were right.

A German drugmaker says it's developed medication to boost the female libido, but is the news too good to be true?