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The first review of its kind published on Monday showed a direct connection to smoking while pregnant and birth defects, like clefts, clubfoot and other deformations, although one in five pregnant Americans continue to smoke, TIME said.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Monday proposed rules that will offer states more flexibility and encourage a competitive marketplace. In this marketplace individuals and small businesses can buy affordable private health insurance and have similar choices as the members of Congress.

A new study published in the journal Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention found men have a higher mortality rate for a vast majority of cancers than women do.

A study has shown that people who consume too much salt and not enough potassium are twice as likely to die from heart disease, a problem affecting nearly 1 million Americans per year.

A new strain of the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea was found to be resistant to antibiotics, international researchers say. According to the CDC, more than 700,000 persons in the U.S. get new gonorrheal infections each year and less than half of these infections are reported to CDC.

Millions of people go whale watching each year in countries around the world, but concerns have been raised that the burgeoning tourist industry could be negatively affecting the whales.

During a 14-year-old trial study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine Journal, researchers found that a diet high in sodium and low in potassium increases the risk of death from heart disease and other related health risks. The study also found that a higher sodium intake is associated with increased total mortality in the general US population.

Health officials say gonorrhea is showing resistance to the antibiotics used to treat it, causing concerns over a gonorrhea superbug outbreak. The resistant gonorrhea strain has not be found in the United states, but CDC officials say there are signs it could happen.

Spanish surgeons carried out the world's first double-leg transplant on Monday, giving new limbs to an accident victim who lost both.

The U.S. registered its 19th driest and 26th warmest June on record, according to scientists at the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C.

The 'first of its kind' deal was negotiated by the U.N.-led Medicines Patent Pool, a partnership that raises money for AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, for California-based drugmaker, Gilead Sciences Inc., to allow four of its AIDS drugs to be made by generic drug companies.

A heat wave could be coming your way so grab your water bottles and stay hydrated, especially if you are in the Midwest or Southeast this week, as the National Weather Service issued an excessive heat warning for those states today.

A mother named Janet Johnson gave birth to a whopping 16 pounds and one ounce baby in Texas.

High sodium consumption may translate to a high risk for early death, according to a recent study. Here are some foods to avoid.

Scientists have found the first superbug strain of gonorrhea -- a discovery they're calling both alarming and predictable, Reuters reported.

A Texan woman gave birth to a 16-pound baby late last week, amid fears that the state is grappling with childhood obesity.

A baby born in Texas Friday weighed in at 16 pounds, 1 ounce.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Friday announced three new initiatives to help states improve the quality of care and lower its costs for about 9 million Medicare and Medicaid enrollees.

In the unprecedented San Francisco circumcision ban campaign, much attention is being paid to the cartoon that the Anti-Defamation League and other Jewish groups are calling anti-Semitic. But what of the medical ramifications?

7-Eleven is giving out free 7.11 ounce Slurpees at stores across the United States in celebration of its 84th birthday. But some are saying that 7-Eleven's refreshing beverages, just perfect for a hot summer day, are a great way to ruin beach bodies across the nation.

A new strain of the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea was found to be resistant to antibiotics, international researchers say. According to the CDC, more than 700,000 persons in the U.S. get new gonorrheal infections each year and less than half of these infections are reported to CDC.

No matter how young you are you should be exercising, according to a new health guidance issued by the United Kingdom.

A Texas mother gave birth Monday to a 16 Pound boy, believed to be the biggest baby ever born in the state of Texas.

A new strain of the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea was found to be resistant to antibiotics, international researchers say. According to the CDC, more than 700,000 persons in the U.S. get new gonorrheal infections each year and less than half of these infections are reported to CDC.

While a Texas mother may have set a new state record after giving birth to a baby boy, JaMichael Brown, weighing more than 16 pounds, there have been other babies across the world who began the 'large' standard.

Those Slurpees that 7-11 stores across the country are handing out today might be free, but they will only serve to make you fatter and unhealthier in the long run,

Janet Johnson and Michael Brown knew they were going to have a big baby, going as far to tell friends and family to not buy newborn clothes for the baby shower. But neither one of them expected their son, JaMichael, to weigh in at an incredible 16 pounds, 1 ounce when he was born on Sunday.

TIME's Healthland reports that there are still strong social pressures for men to be breadwinners, as a recent study published in the American Journal of Sociology shows that for men, unemployment in a relationship is more a prediction for divorce than unhappiness.

A new strain of the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea has become resistant to antibiotics, international research shows.