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Facing criticism from religious-affiliated institutions, the Obama administration promised on Tuesday to explore ways to make a new health insurance requirement more flexible.

Karen Handel’s resignation came just days after the cancer foundation reversed its decision to cut funds to Planned Parenthood.

Researchers combed through four years' worth of data about Harvard runners to produce the surprisingly controversial finding that how a person runs may affect whether he or she winds up hurt.

A concept based on Buddhist teachings encourages people to eat slowly, paying close attention to the sensation and purpose of each morsel.

Lawmakers in both parties say they want to give doctors a small increase in Medicare payments, but they cannot agree on how to pay for it.

The authentic version of this Greek dish has a lot more olive oil, but its slimmer cousin doesn’t fail to satisfy.

As the published evidence for the source of chronic fatigue syndrome fell apart, a legal melodrama erupted, dismaying and demoralizing patients and many members of the scientific community.

Perhaps too much emphasis is placed on looking for existing breast cancer when the search should focus on prevention and the possibility of finding a vaccine.

An overhaul to Weight Watchers' diet plan has caused many longtime members to complain about slow weight loss.

A drug that scientists had hoped would help prevent breast cancer has a significant side effect.

Continued obstacles plague the effort to provide a reliable supply of technetium 99m, a radioisotope crucial to identifying heart and kidney disease and assisting in breast cancer surgery.

The numbers are being quietly fought over in e-mails among malaria specialists at the World Health Organization and the University of Washington.

Outspoken parents may be keeping good coaches away from youth sports.

We must move breast cancer advocacy to the next level, beyond screening for cancers that are already there, even beyond the cure, to finding the cause, writes Dr. Susan Love.

Researchers have found what happens to muscles when a masseur goes to work on them.