HEALTH

Catholic Church officials, Republicans and other conservatives have blasted the inclusion of artificial birth control, which is against church doctrine, in the list of services that must be covered at no cost to the insured under President Obama's health care overhaul.

Crack addiction has become a grave public health and security concern in parts of Brazil, particularly the poverty-stricken shanty-towns that ring the large cities.

In a small trial of 61 Parkinson's patients, those that took caffeine supplements for six weeks saw modest improvements in some of their symptoms.

New findings don't prove vision-improving procedures prevent falls or breaks in elderly people. But they do suggest eyesight plays a role in those accidents and injuries, researchers said.

Here's what you should know before trying to score your free birth control.

Cocaine use is down in the United States and production is down in Colombia, but is America really winning the war on drugs?

It's been an old wives tale for Olympic athletes that engaging in sexual activity before competitions can inhibit sports ability ever since ancient Greeks as far back as 776 BC said abstinence, on the other hand, is key for performance enhancement. The myth, however, has been debunked by experts, one study shows, bringing joy to some athletes competing in the 2012 London Olympics, like Italian swimmer Federica Pellegrini.

A Supreme Court ruling that upheld the law in June also allowed individual states to decide whether to accept the Medicaid expansion, sparking an election-year revolt among Republican governors who have opposed the entire reform.

Ebola remains a mysterious affliction; it has no cure, and no vaccine. It tends to flare up sporadically, but it can kill hundreds whenever it does crop up.

David Kwiatkowski, a traveling medical technician accused of causing a Hepatitis C outbreak in New Hampshire and possibly six other states, left a suicide note stating he ?couldn?t handle this stress anymore? a week before being arrested while trying to apparently take his own life.

BrewDog's new, limited-edition India pale ale, "Never Mind the Anabolics," is laced with tons of ingredients that are sure to get professional athletes banned from the Olympics. BrewGod listed them as "creatine, guarana, lycii berries, kola nut, Gingko, matcha tea, maca powder, and steroids."

Women in Hong Kong are living longer than those in Japan according to the latest annual report from the Japanese health ministry.

Brazil, once hailed for its successes in combatting the AIDS epidemic, but some critics say more still needs to be done.

Just when you thought she was off the radar since her days as a reality star on MTV's The Hills, Audrina Patridge is back in the limelight again after she was spotted wearing a tiny bikini flaunting her hot body in photos from a party.

A new study from the medical journal Lancet dispels the common misconception of India as a physically unfit country amid rising rates of diabetes and heart disease, providing evidence that the majority of Indians are, in fact, physically active.

Researchers found that over the past ten years, the number of patients resistant to antiretroviral therapy increased by 29 percent in East and Southern Africa.

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden conducted a study that led them to find a correlation between heavy use of technological devices and mental disorders.

Only months after Republicans attempted to defund Planned Parenthood, they are trying to do it again. The measure has no hope of passing, but it speaks to the GOP's unending radicalism on reproductive issues

In an effort to reduce the rate of obesity in America, the FDA has approved yet another weight-loss pill. Qsymia, which was given the thumbs up on Tuesday by the Food and Drug Administration, is considered by doctors to be the most safe and effective therapy in a new generation of anti-obesity pills.

Demi Lovato is one of many female stars who have recovered from an eating disorder. Here's a list of ten that have managed to do so.

A Colorado dentist and oral surgeon put his patients at risk for contracting HIV and hepatitis due to unsafe injection practices, and state officials are set to notify patients who saw Dr. Stephen Stein over a 12-year period to inform them of their risk.

Hundreds of thousands of Florida residents have signed a petition opposing the release of mutant mosquitoes that have been genetically engineered to kill off insects and curb disease.

Jessica Simpson is waging a war against her baby weight. Since giving birth to her first child, baby Maxwell, Simpson has been hitting the gym so that she can cash in on her $4 million contract with Weight Watchers. The 32-year-old singer had her first Weight Watchers weigh-in a couple days ago, and it seems like she has her work cut out for her.

Because the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes was found in the Mexicali Cheese Corp.'s finished product, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning people to neither consume nor purchase any of the company's products.

On an episode of TLC's reality show Strange Sex the network followed a 34-year-old man who breastfeeds from his wife to help with his Erectile Dysfunction. Jeff and Michelle, who did not want their last names revealed, began integrated breastfeeding into their sexual routine a few months after their first child was born.

The researchers say they were able to show that adolescent smoking would be reduced by 18 percent if smoking in PG-13 movies were largely eliminated.

Under its new proposed rules for the state program, doctors and clinic affiliates would be barred from promoting abortion services to patients.

There was no fiddler on the roof for a Florida home owner. Instead the St. Augustine resident had a hell raising naked man atop of his home.

A breastfeeding reality show? Television has possibly hit a new low. The people who brought you the fantastically bad reality shows Bridezillas and Dance Moms are now planning to shock the masses with their newest installment, Extreme Parenting, according to the Daily Mail.