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Many packaged meals and snacks for toddlers contain worrisome amounts of salt and sugar, potentially creating an early taste for foods that may contribute to obesity and other health risks, according to a new government study.
Want to live a healthy and happy life for decades to come? David B. Agus, author of "A Short Guide To A Long Life," has five tips to have you living well for years to come.
Insurance companies, perhaps more than previously thought, may be charging the sickest patients extra for drugs under the federal health law, in an effort to discourage them from choosing certain plans,
A new company is promoting products to sell to the public that has the same chemical ingredient as marijuana.
According to a recent letter published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers have detected high levels of formaldehyde—a known carcinogen—when the product is used at extremely high temperatures.
The Obama administration is moving closer to its goal of 9.1 million people signed up for private coverage under the president's health care law and Texas is helping lead the way.
The Tarrant County Public Health Department is working to find out how many people on an international flight into DFW Airport may have been in contact with a measles patient on the plane.
A new study links sitting for prolonged periods of time to increased risk for heart disease, diabetes, cancer and early death -- even in people who get regular exercise.
As predicted, this year's flu vaccine is doing a pretty crummy job. It's only 23 percent effective, primarily because it doesn't include the bug that is making most people sick.
With the potential to affect thousands, the recent outbreak of measles in the U.S. has placed a spotlight on a debate that's raged for years.
Officials are investigating the death of a Fort Hood soldier who was found outside an off-base apartment after he returned from deployment in West Africa. Tests for Ebola given as a precaution came back negative.
A Fort Hood soldier who had recently returned from West Africa has been found dead outside of his Killeen apartment.
Methodist Dallas Medical Center received the distinction of becoming the first hospital in the nation to receive a pancreatic cancer certification.
A little boy, who has spent the last six years brain dead after being hit by a drunk driver, died Sunday morning.
A North Texas teen originally from Waxahachie is in Los Angeles alongside her mother receiving experimental cancer treatment.