New results from the largest long-term study of brain development and children’s health raise provocative questions about obesity and brain function. Does excess body weight somehow reduce brain regions that […]

The usually progressive United Kingdom drew a line in the sand when a woman who identifies as a man tried to get the state to recognize her as a father.

'In an offhanded way I asked if she was breathing, joking. Until I put my hand on her little chest and I felt no movement.'

Thanks to genealogical advances, police were finally able to identify the murderer of a 60-year-old over a half-century after her case went cold.

Sixteen-year-old Seth Phillips and his mom Amber Gilleylen had also been shopping that day, and saw Beck struggling to cross the street in his wheelchair. 

When the owners of a morbidly obese dog dropped him off at a kill shelter, a kindly rescue worker decided that all the pup needed was a chance.

A new fungus striking hospital patentis has been dubbed a "creature from the black lagoon" by a top CDC official.

A 26-year-old man donated part of his healthy liver to save the life of his girlfriend's grandmother, who suffers from a genetic liver disease.

A Texan girl with diabetes whose service dog got shot out in front of her home has received a new one thanks for a former NFL player.

Still sitting in the heaviness of a rough day, Sutherland was driving while talking to her husband on the phone when she saw a small boy riding his bike beside the highway.