Exposure to common chemicals during critical periods of breast development may affect breast growth, the ability to breast-feed and breast...

Gymnasts, wrestlers and boxers often feel pressure to lose weight to boost performance, but the drastic methods they sometimes use --...

Nearly two-thirds of deaths in the world are caused by noncommunicable diseases such as cancer, diabetes and heart and lung disease

Federal health officials say doctors should use lower doses of anemia drugs when treating patients with failing kidneys due to the...

A group is trying to reverse policy allowing faith-based organizations with federal funds to hire and fire people on the basis of religion.

Travel industry experts say treatment of Delta Air Lines over a pending marketing alliance with Saudi Arabian Airlines is unfair.

Jurors will recommend a penalty from suspension to defrocking the Methodist pastor.

The USA used to be the top choice for students seeking a degree away from home. In the last decade, that has become a tough sell.

A new study finds that parts of the test have "little or no" ability to help colleges predict whether applicants will succeed.

A new high school in California will sit unused for at least a year because education officials say they don't have money to operate it.

Mark Kelly said he plans to focus on his recovering wife, Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.

The tickets to the last launch of NASA's shuttle program have skyrocketed on the Web -- originally $20 to $65, some have soared to $5,000.

Four astronauts will board the Atlantis tomorrow to prep for their July 8 launch, the last of NASA's 30-year shuttle program.

A handgun once owned by gangster Al Capone has sold for almost $110,000 at an auction in London.

There will be no free ride back to Antarctica for a young penguin who defied the odds by swimming all the way to New Zealand.

A couple in Switzerland have police to thank for their impromptu marriage.