Working as a police officer is stressful; so stressful, it turns out, that police officers may have a higher risk for a variety of physical and mental health problems.

Last year a drug designed to treat patients with severe sepsis was yanked from the market after a large study's results showed no benefit. Guess what...a new study shows that no-longer-available drug may, in fact, offer an effective treatment.

Marijuana is often thought of as a drug that causes relatively little harm compared to other street drugs. But that may not be the case if you're carrying a little one to term.

The hormone insulin plays a key role in diabetes. When the body does not respond to insulin, blood sugar levels can rise, putting a person at risk for type 2 diabetes.

Patients with bipolar often continue therapy even when symptoms are mild, to try and avoid relapse.

Older adults may not need surgery to fix a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL; the ligament that keeps the shin bone in place), but young children who have a lifetime of sports and activities ahead of them will. New research reports on the most recent techniques.

Like millions of people, you may have occasionally suffered from a bout of heartburn after eating spicy foods. But recurring heartburn can be a symptom of more serious health problems.

Despite years of warnings to expecting mothers, an estimated 1 percent of all babies born in the US have symptoms of fetal alcohol syndrome, caused by alcohol consumption during pregnancy.

A popular medication that can help with high blood pressure may also cause severe gastrointestinal problems such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, weight loss and electrolyte abnormalities. But why?

Scientists would have said it was impossible. But the human body does miraculous things - including cells switching identities, morphing into one another.