What makes us rosy in the cheeks isn't always light and merry. This is true particularly among rosacea patients inflamed around their visage.

Anti-smoking rules now allow four out of five Americans to enjoy clean air in most public places. The icing on the cake showed a reduced chance of heart attack for non-smokers.

Chemotherapy can hurt the body’s ability to fight off infection. The cancer-killing medicines lower the number of infection-fighting white blood cells. The condition is called neutropenia and another option is now available to treat it.

It looks like a cigarette, feels like a cigarette, but doesn't have the tobacco content or familiar smell of regular cigarettes. Rather, these electronic cigarettes come in a variety of flavors that emit water vapor as they simulate the effect of smoking.

Studies have shown that the risk of diabetes may be different for people from different racial and ethnic backgrounds. Yet researchers are still not sure when this gap begins.

Over one million children experience divorce each year. Having a positive co-parenting relationship is one of the most important challenges a divorced couple will face.

A rare type of brain tumor called SEGA ( subependymal giant cell astrocytoma ) can appear in children. The drug designed to take on this cancer is too strong for young patients. Now a new children’s dosage of a medication has been approved.

Studies have shown that secondhand smoke can still put people at risk for health problems, but how? The answers are in the blood.

The damage has only just begun. After Hurricane Isaac struck the coast this week, the destruction may also be hidden in the children.