Fifteen people have died and 84 have been sickened after eating cantaloupes infected with listeria from a Colorado farm, US health authorities said Friday. The source of the United States’ worst foodborne disease outbreak in more than a decade has been traced to Jensen Farms, a family-owned operation, and a voluntary recall was issued two [...]

Tyson, the biggest meat processor in the United States, is recalling 131,300 pounds of ground beef sold in 14 states after an outbreak of e.coli in Ohio, US food inspectors said Wednesday. The ground beef — enough for more than half a million hamburgers — was sold with a best-before date of September 12, but [...]

From dementia to stroke, suicide to lethal forms of cancer, coffee has been touted as reducing risk of all such medical conditions. Now, coffee drinkers, here’s another reason to refill that cup of joe: A new prospective study found that risk of depression decreases as java consumption increases. The catch? The findings apply only to [...]

A pair of Sudanese twins born with the tops of their heads stuck together have been separated in a rare and risky series of operations at a London children’s hospital, officials said Sunday. Facing the World, a charity which helps disfigured children, said it had helped fund the four-stage operation to split 11-month-old Rital Gaboura [...]

Chocolate is as good for you as exercise, research suggests. Scientists found that small amounts of dark chocolate may improve health in a similar way to exercise. The researchers focused on the mitochondria, the tiny powerhouses in cells that generate energy, and discovered that a plant compound found in chocolate, called epicatechin, appeared to stimulate [...]

Wednesday morning marked the beginning of the trial of Shannon and Dale Hickman, who are charged with second-degree manslaughter in the September 2009 death of their newborn son, David Arthur Hickman. The Hickmans belong to the Followers of Christ Church, an Oregon City congregation that believes in faith-healing over medical care. The church has a [...]

Researchers are homing in on the exact time during an infant’s development when it begins to tell the difference between basic touch and pain. A new British study indicates most babies can start sensing pain a few weeks before they are born. These findings may help to improve clinical care for preterm babies. “Babies can [...]

A federal appeals court on Thursday threw out two challenges to President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul on procedural grounds. Delivering a two-pronged win to the Obama administration, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals said Virginia has no right to challenge the law’s requirement that nearly all Americans buy insurance. The court also said that Liberty University [...]

Overweight patients told by their doctors to go to Weight Watchers lose around twice as much weight as people receiving standard weight loss care over 12 months, according to the findings of a study published on Thursday. In the first randomized controlled trial — considered the gold standard of scientific analysis — to directly compare [...]

When Christie Haskel saw the classic symptoms of Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in her 7-year-old son, Rowan, she became concerned. “At home there was a lot of just hyperactivity,” she toldABC News. “Not being able to keep his hands to himself, talking when he’s not supposed to talk, lack of concentration or ability to concentrate when he needed [...]